Abstract
The temperature dependence of the low-energy tail of the interband optical absorption band at the Peierls edge has been studied in halogen-bridged linear-chain complexes, [Pt(en][Pt(en]( and [Pt(en][Pt(en](, en being ethylenediamine. The absorption spectrum and its temperature dependence are explained well in terms of the subgap density of states of the one-dimensional electronic bands induced by the quantum vibration of Cl ions of the breathing mode. Both substances are found to have a dimensionless electron-phonon coupling constant of λ≊1.2, the zero-temperature gap parameter of ≊1.45 eV, and the transfer integral of ≊0.4 eV. Because of the strong electron-phonon coupling the temperature dependence of the energy gap is dominated by the self-energy effect; even at 0 K the self-energy amounts to 0.07–0.08 eV, being considerably greater than the self-energies in usual semiconductors. The role of the anharmonicity of the chainlike Pt-Cl bonds is discussed in relation to the origin of the large gap parameter. © 1996 The American Physical Society.
- Received 29 January 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.54.2390
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