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Hong-Hao Tu (ITP, TU Dresden)
Solid State Theory (SS2020)
SFB 1143
Lecture 2: Lattice dynamics
April 9th, 2020
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]
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§1.1 Classical monoatomic chain
• Last lecture: Classical theory of a monoatomic chain
1
2
𝑖,𝑗=1
𝑁
𝐷𝑖𝑗𝑢𝑖𝑢𝑗 +⋯
Running wave solution:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Today: Quantum theory of a monoatomic chain
Coupled harmonic oscillators!
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• General strategy: decouple the oscillators via canonical transformations
real, symmetric matrix
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• General strategy: decouple the oscillators via canonical transformations
𝑢𝑝′ , 𝑃𝑞
′ = 𝑖ℏ𝛿𝑝𝑞 𝑢𝑝′ , 𝑢𝑞
′ = 𝑃𝑝′, 𝑃𝑞
′ = 0 Decoupled harmonic oscillators!
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Proof of the canonical commutation relation:
𝑖ℏ
𝑖ℏ
𝑖ℏ
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Proof of the canonical commutation relation:
𝑖ℏ
𝑖ℏ
𝑖ℏ
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Review: single quantum harmonic oscillator:
Length unit:
• Ground state in real space: Gaussian wave packet
Atoms vibrate even at zero temperature.
(zero-point motion due to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle)
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Bosonic operators:
𝑎†𝑎 𝑛 = 𝑛|𝑛⟩
Boson particle number
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum harmonic oscillator via boson mapping:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum harmonic oscillator via boson mapping:
Create excitations by adding bosons
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Now we go back to the quantum monoatomic chain:
• The Fourier transform and its inverse are canonical transformations:
Note that 𝑢−𝑞 = 𝑢𝑞†
𝑃−𝑞 = 𝑃𝑞†
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
Proof:
1
𝑁
𝑗=1
𝑁
𝑒𝑖 𝑞′−𝑞 𝑗𝑎 = 𝛿𝑞′𝑞
1
𝑁
𝑞∈FBZ
𝑒𝑖𝑞(𝑗−𝑗′)𝑎 = 𝛿𝑗𝑗′Useful identities:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
Last canonical transformation to diagonalizethe Hamiltonian: −𝑖
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
Last canonical transformation to diagonalizethe Hamiltonian:
One minor subtlety: 𝑞 = 0 has to be treated with care (𝑎𝑞=0 and 𝑎𝑞=0† not
well defined in the above form due to 𝜔𝑞=0 = 0). Note that 𝐻 𝑞 = 0 =𝑃𝑞=02
2𝑀, which is the kinetic energy corresponding to the “center-of-mass”.
−𝑖
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
Last canonical transformation to diagonalizethe Hamiltonian:
Inverse transformation:
−𝑖
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
The point of designing the canonical transformation is to eliminate the “off-diagonal” terms in 𝐻:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
The point of designing the canonical transformation is to eliminate the “off-diagonal” terms in 𝐻:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
• Excitations correspond to the creation of bosonic modes 𝑎𝑞†.
These are quantized collective excitations, called “phonons”.
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Solving the quantum monoatomic chain via boson mapping:
Here we abused the notation a bit to include 𝑞 = 0, because it can be viewed as an artifact of PBC (“center-of-mass” momentum is conserved). Note that the boundary condition shouldn’t affect the “bulk” physics if the number of atoms is large (thermodynamic limit 𝑁 → ∞).
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§1.2 Quantum monoatomic chain
• Summary:
➢ We have quantized the monoatomic chain. Apparently, the system becomes decoupled harmonic oscillators after successive canonical transformations.
➢ The dispersion relation is the same as the classical one.
➢ The elastic waves in the classical case become collective excitations (“phonon”) in the quantum case.
Useful technique for other “quadratic” Hamiltonians
Generally true for other lattice vibration problems under the harmonic approximation (dispersion comes from the eigenvalues of the dynamical matrix)