ELECTRON-CORRELATION EFFECTS ON THE PROPERTIES OF LAXSR1-XTIO3

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RAMAKUMAR, R [1 ]
JAIN, KP [1 ]
KUMAR, R [1 ]
CHANCEY, CC [1 ]
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[1] PURDUE UNIV CALUMET, DEPT PHYS & CHEM, HAMMOND, IN 46323 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10122
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T [工业技术];
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A theoretical study of the electron-correlation effects on the properties of LaxSr1-xTiO3 is presented. Using a single band repulsive Hubbard model employing the Gutzwiller approximation we study the effect of electron correlations on the effective-mass, band narrowing, plasma frequency, and spin susceptibility. The doping dependence of these properties are found to be qualitatively in agreement with recent experimental studies on LaxSr1-xTiO3. We have also proposed a possibility for inducing superconductivity using the idea of proximity effect. The induced superconducting gap in LaxSr1-xTiO3 is predicted to be maximum near the half-filling of the Ti 3d band.
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