Photoemission and electronic structure studies of YBa2Cu3Ox
- Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity (United States)
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
High-resolution angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy measurements are reported for YBa2Cu3Ox when the oxygen stoichiometry x is varied between 6.9 (92 K superconductor) and 6.2 (insulator). Fermi surfaces obtained from energy distribution curve measurements on a grid scanning the entire first Brillouin zone are reported for the x = 6.9 sample. Bands along the Γ-S symmetry line were measured for samples with reduced oxygen stoichiometry. For superconducting samples, these bands are essentially independent of x. As the material becomes insulating (x < 6.4), a dramatic falloff of spectral weight near EF is observed. Resonant spectral features also disappear. Efforts to observe a superconducting gap are reported.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38; W-7405-ENG-82
- OSTI ID:
- 5541789
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CP--73357; CONF-9103112--2; ON: DE91014469
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal Name: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Journal Issue: 11-12 Vol. 52; ISSN 0022-3697
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BARIUM OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY GAP
Fermi surface
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOEMISSION
SECONDARY EMISSION
STOICHIOMETRY
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM OXIDES
electronic structure
oxygen stoichiometry
photoemission