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Title: Fermi Surface of Metallic V 2 O 3 from Angle-Resolved Photoemission: Mid-level Filling of e g π Bands

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
  3. Max-Planck-Inst. fur Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany)
  4. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  5. Univ. di Roma “Sapienza”, Rome (Italy)
  6. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Randall Lab. of Physics
  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we report the first band dispersions and distinct features of the bulk Fermi surface (FS) in the paramagnetic metallic phase of the prototypical metal-insulator transition material V$$_{2}O_{3}$$. Along the c axis we observe both an electron pocket and a triangular holelike FS topology, showing that both V 3d $$a_{1g}$$ and e$$_{g}^{π}$$ states contribute to the FS. Here, these results challenge the existing correlation-enhanced crystal field splitting theoretical explanation for the transition mechanism and pave the way for the solution of this mystery.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1581048
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1328632
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 117, Issue 16; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 12 works
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