Electronic structure of two-dimensional hexagonal diselenides: Charge density waves and pseudogap behavior

Abstract

We present theoretical study of electronic structure (spectral functions and Fermi surfaces) for incommensurate pseudogap and charge density wave (CDW) and commensurate CDW phases of quasi two dimensional diselenides 2H-TaSe2 and 2H-NbSe2. Incommensurate pseudogap regime is described within the scenario based on short-range order CDW fluctuations, considered within the static Gaussian random field model. In contrast e.g. to high-Tc cuprates layered dichalcogenides have several different CDW scattering vectors and electronic spectrum with two bands at the Fermi level. To this end we present theoretical background for the description of multiple scattering processes within multiple bands electronic spectrum. Thus obtained theoretical spectral functions and Fermi surfaces are compared with recent ARPES experimental data, demonstrating rather good qualitative agreement.