QUANTUM FLUCTUATION OF THE ORDER PARAMETER AND THE OPTICAL ABSORPTION IN POLYACETYLENEO

We study in this paper the effects of lattice quantum fluctuations upon the order parametert in the Peierls systems by using the Green's function technique.We start from the discrete Su-Schrief fer-Heeger model with quantized phonon field and derive a coupled system of equations for the order parameter and Green's functions.It turns out that the order parameter is reduced compared with the adiabatic value but the Peierls instability survives the quantum fluctuations in agreement with,Monte Carlo results.The band-to-band optical absorption coefficient of polyacetylene with lattice fluctuation being accounted for is also calculated and compared with the experimental data.