Coexistence of charge-density wave and spin-Peierls orders in quarter-filled quasi-one-dimensional correlated electron systems

摘要

Charge and spin-Peierls instabilities in quarter-filled (n = 1/2) compounds consisting of coupled ladders and/or zigzag chains are investigated. Hubbard and t-J models including local Holstein and/or Peierls couplings to the lattice are studied by numerical techniques; Next nearest-neighbor hopping and magnetic exchange, and short-range Coulomb interactions are also considered. We show that, generically, these systems undergo instabilities towards the formation of charge-density waves, bond order waves, and (generalized) spin-Peierls modulated structures. Moderate electron-electron and electron-lattice couplings can lead to a coexistence of these three types of orders. In the ladder, a zigzag pattern Is stabilized by the Holstein coupling and the nearest-neighbor Coulomb repulsion. In the case of an isolated chain, bond-centered and site-centered 2k(F) and 4k(F) modulations are induced by the local Holstein coupling. In addition, we show that, in contrast to the ladders, a small charge ordering in the chains strongly enhances the spin-Peierls instability. Our results are applied to the NaV2O5 compound (trellis lattice) and various phases with coexisting charge disproportionation and spin-Peierls order are proposed and discussed in the context of recent experiments. The role of the long-range Coulomb potential is also outlined. [S0163-1829(99)05004-3]. [References: 34]