The influence of the weak bond-energy dimerization on the single-particle, optical conductivity of quasi-one-dimensional systems

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The single-particle contributions to the optical conductivity of the quasi-one-dimensional systems have been reexamined by using the gauge-invariant transverse microscopic approach. The valence electrons are described by a model with the weak bond-energy dimerization, while the relaxation processes are taken into account phenomenologically. It turns out that the interband conductivity of the insulating half-filled case fits well the single-particle optical conductivity measured in various charge-density-wave (CDW) systems. In the metallic regime, for the doubled Fermi vector 2 k F close to π/ a, the conduction electrons exhibit a non-Drude low-frequency response, with the total spectral weight shared between the intra- and interband channels nearly in equal proportions. For 2 k F− π/ a not too small, the behaviour of the conduction electrons can be described as the response of a simple Drude metal.