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Polaronic Behavior of Undoped High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors from Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectra

Journal Article · · Submitted to Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:975793
We present angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) data on undoped La2CuO4, indicating polaronic coupling between bosons and charge carriers. Using a shell model, we calculate the electron-phonon coupling and find that it is strong enough to give self-trapped polarons. We develop an efficient method for calculating ARPES spectra in undoped systems. Using the calculated couplings, we find the width of the phonon sideband in good agreement with experiment. We analyze reasons for the observed dependence of the width on the binding energy.
Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
975793
Report Number(s):
SLAC-REPRINT-2010-067
Journal Information:
Submitted to Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Submitted to Physical Review Letters
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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