Local-density functional and on-site correlations: The electronic structure of La2CuO4 and LaCuO3

M. T. Czyzyk*, G. A. Sawatzky

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    Abstract

    State-of-the-art electronic-structure calculations based on the local-density approximation (LDA) to the density functional fail to reproduce the insulating antiferromagnetic ground state in the parent compounds of the high-temperature oxide superconductors. Similar problems have been observed earlier in classical transition-metal oxides such as FeO, CoO, and NiO. In this work we present the method which delivers the correct insulating antiferromagnetic ground state in the correlated oxides preserving other properties as well as the efficiency of the standard LDA. The method embeds the relevant (for a given system of electrons) part of the Hubbard Hamiltonian into the Kohn-Sham LDA equation. The resulting Hamiltonian attempts to fix two intrinsic problems of the LDA: the deficiency in forming localized (atomiclike) moments and the lack of discontinuity of the effective one-particle potential when going from occupied to unoccupied states. We present the detailed study of La2CuO4 and LaCuO3. In the case of La2CuO4 the energy gap and the value of the localized magnetic moment in the stable insulating antiferromagnetic solution are in good agreement with experiment. We compare our results with the standard local spin density approximation calculation and multiband Hubbard model calculations, as well as with results of spectroscopy: inverse photoemission, valence photoemission, and x-ray absorption at the K edge of oxygen. In the case of LaCuO3 such an extensive comparison is limited due to the limited data available for this compound. We discuss, however, the electric and magnetic properties and the insulator-metal-insulator transitions upon increase of oxygen deficiency.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)14211-14228
    Number of pages18
    JournalPhysical Review. B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
    Volume49
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15-May-1994

    Keywords

    • X-RAY-ABSORPTION
    • TRANSITION-METAL COMPOUNDS
    • BAND-THEORY
    • GRADIENT APPROXIMATION
    • SPIN BAGS
    • CU OXIDES
    • STATES
    • COPPER
    • SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
    • SPECTROSCOPY

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