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Title: Intrinsic electron and hole bands in electron-doped cuprate superconductors

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
OSTI ID:972684

We propose that the upper Hubbard band (electron-like) and the Zhang-Rice singlet band (holelike) are two essential components in describing low-energy excitations of electron-doped cuprate superconductors. We find that the gap between these two bands is significantly smaller than the charge-transfer gap measured by optics and is further reduced upon doping. This indicates that the charge fluctuation is strong and the system is in the intermediate correlation regime. A two-band model is derived. In the limit that the intraband and interband hopping integrals are equal to each other, this model is equivalent to the unconstrained t-J model with on-site Coulomb repulsions.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
972684
Report Number(s):
SLAC-REPRINT-2010-007; TRN: US201005%%254
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 79, Issue 1; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English