Conduction-band electronic states of YbInCu{sub 4} studied by photoemission and soft x-ray absorption spectroscopies

Journal Article · Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.84.115143· OSTI ID:21596871

Utsumi, Yuki; Kurihara, Hidenao; Maso, Hiroyuki; Tobimatsu, Komei ^[1]; Sato, Hitoshi; Shimada, Kenya; Namatame, Hirofumi ^[2]; Hiraoka, Koichi ^[3]; Kojima, Kenichi ^[4]; Ohkochi, Takuo; Fujimori, Shin-ichi; Takeda, Yukiharu; Saitoh, Yuji ^[5]; Mimura, Kojiro ^[6]; Ueda, Shigenori; Yamashita, Yoshiyuki; Yoshikawa, Hideki; Kobayashi, Keisuke ^[7]; Oguchi, Tamio ^[8]; Taniguchi, Masaki ^[1]

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1. Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)
2. Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046 (Japan)
3. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577 (Japan)
4. Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8521 (Japan)
5. Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan)
6. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai 599-8531 (Japan)
7. NIMS Beamline Station at SPring-8, National Institute for Materials Science, Hyogo 679-5148 (Japan)
8. ISIR, Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047 (Japan)

We have studied conduction-band (CB) electronic states of a typical valence-transition compound YbInCu{sub 4} by means of temperature-dependent hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HX-PES) of the Cu 2p{sub 3/2} and In 3d{sub 5/2} core states taken at h{nu}=5.95 keV, soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of the Cu 2p{sub 3/2} core absorption region around h{nu}{approx}935 eV, and soft x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (SX-PES) of the valence band at the Cu 2p{sub 3/2} absorption edge of h{nu}=933.0 eV. With decreasing temperature below the valence transition at T{sub V}=42 K, we have found that (1) the Cu 2p{sub 3/2} and In 3d{sub 5/2} peaks in the HX-PES spectra exhibit the energy shift toward the lower binding-energy side by {approx}40 and {approx}30 meV, respectively, (2) an energy position of the Cu 2p{sub 3/2} main absorption peak in the XAS spectrum is shifted toward higher photon-energy side by {approx}100 meV, with an appearance of a shoulder structure below the Cu 2p{sub 3/2} main absorption peak, and (3) an intensity of the Cu L{sub 3}VV Auger spectrum is abruptly enhanced. These experimental results suggest that the Fermi level of the CB-derived density of states is shifted toward the lower binding-energy side. We have described the valence transition in YbInCu{sub 4} in terms of the charge transfer from the CB to Yb 4f states.

• OSTI ID: 21596871
• Journal Information: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 84, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115143; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1098-0121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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