Abstract
Numerous angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies of a wide class of low-density metallic systems, ranging from doped transition metal oxides to quasi-two-dimensional interfaces between insulators, exhibit phonon sidebands below the quasiparticle peak as a unique hallmark of polaronic correlations. Here, we single out properties of ARPES spectra that can provide a robust estimate of the effective range (screening length) of the electron-phonon interaction, regardless of the limited experimental resolution, dimensionality, and particular features of the electronic structure, facilitating a general methodology for an analysis of a whole class of materials.
- Received 4 December 2019
- Revised 2 September 2020
- Accepted 3 September 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.121108
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