Electron correlations in stripe phases for doped antiferromagnets

We present the charge and magnetization density distribution in various stripe phases obtained for two-dimensional models of correlated electrons solved within the Hartree-Fock approximation and a variational local ansatz. Apart from the Hubbard model with local Coulomb interaction U, we investigate its two extensions by adding either static Peierls electron-lattice coupling, or the correlated hopping term in the so-called Hirsch model. It has been found that the stripe ordering is robust and occurs in underdoped (delta = 1/8) and overdoped( delta = 1/4) systems. At intermediate values of U in underdoped systems (delta = 1/8) local correlations stabilize the vertical (01) antiferromagnetic domains, separated by nonmagnetic domain walls filled by one doped hole per two wall atoms. A stripe phase with the same size of magnetic domains and an increased filling of one hole per one wall atom is stable for overdoped (delta = 1/4) systems. At larger values of U, both structures are replaced by more extended magnetic domain walls oriented along the (11) direction. These findings agree qualitatively with the experimental results. [S0163-1829(99)13733-0].