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  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Materials Science

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  • Describing long-lived photodoped states in Mott insulators presents a significant challenge due to exponentially separated timescales.
  • Understanding these states is crucial for developing novel electronic materials and devices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a computational method for characterizing long-lived photodoped states in Mott insulators.
  • To investigate the robustness of the Mott gap and the properties of quasiparticles under photodoping.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized numerically exact steady-state techniques, specifically the quantum Monte Carlo algorithm.
  • Employed a time-local ansatz for the distribution function incorporating separate Fermi functions for electron and hole quasiparticles.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the robustness of the Mott gap against substantial photodoping levels.
  • Observed that the photodoped state exhibits electron and hole quasiparticles with significantly renormalized properties.

Conclusions:

  • The quantum Monte Carlo method with a time-local ansatz provides an effective approach to study complex photodoped states in Mott insulators.
  • The findings highlight the resilience of the Mott insulating phase and the significant modification of quasiparticle behavior upon photodoping.