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Title: Hole states in CuO sub 2 planes and Cu-O chains of YBa sub 2 Cu sub 3 O sub 7 and YBa sub 2 Cu sub 4 O sub 8 probed by soft-x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)
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  1. Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260 (United States)
  2. Institut fuer Nukleare Festkoerperpysik, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, W-7500 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
  4. Department of Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)
  5. Institut fuer Kristallchemie, Universitaet Karlsruhe, W-7500 Karlsruhe (Germany)
  6. Labor fuer Festkoerperphysik, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich, Hoenggerberg, CH 8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)
  7. Walter-Meissner-Institut, W-8046 Garching (Germany)

The symmetry and density of unoccupied states of twin-free YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} and YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 4}O{sub 8} single crystals have been investigated by orientation-dependent x-ray absorption spectroscopy at the O 1{ital s} edge, using a bulk-sensitive fluoresence-yield-detection method. In conjunction with earlier results obtained by electron-energy-loss spectroscopy, the relative density of unoccupied states for different oxygen sites has been derived. Comparison with local-density energy-band-structure calculations shows reasonable agreement with the experimental results.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
5000784
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 45:5; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English