SOLITON LATTICE MODULATION OF INCOMMENSURATE SPIN-DENSITY WAVE IN 2-DIMENSIONAL HUBBARD-MODEL - A MEAN FIELD-STUDY

Spatially modulated magnetic phases are investigated within the mean field theory for an itinerant electron model, i.e. the Hubbard model on a two-dimensional square lattice. By numerically diagonalizing the Hamiltonian for finite-size systems under a periodic boundary condition, we examine relative stability and physical properties of several possible magnetic states. When the electron fillings are nearly half-full, the diagonally or vertically modulated spin density wave (SDW) state is stabilized over the uniform antiferromagnetic state and a crossover from the vertical to the diagonal states appears. The diagonal or vertical stripe state is characterized by the presence of the midgap band due to the soliton lattice formation inside the main SDW gap, being an insulator. The wave length λSDW is linearly proportional to the excess carrier concentration. Excess carriers are accommodated in the form of the soliton lattice, forming a charge density wave whose wave length is λSDW/2. © 1990, THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN. All rights reserved.