posted on 2006-04-27, 12:03authored byF.V. Kusmartsev
We show that linear electron strings may arise in polar semiconductors. A single string consists of M spinless fermions trapped by an extended polarization well of a cigar shape. Inside the string the particles are free although they interact with each other via Coulomb forces. The strings arise as a result of an electronic phase separation associated with an instability of small adiabatic polarons. We have found the length of the string which depends on dielectric constants of semiconductors. The appearance of these electron strings may have an impact on the effect of stripe formation observed in a variety of high- Tc experiments.
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KUSMARTSEV, F.V., 2000. Formation of electron strings in narrow band polar semiconductors. Physical Review B, 84(3), pp 530–533