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Systematic X-ray absorption study of hole doping in BSCCO - phases
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) on the O 1s threshold was applied to
Bi-based, single crystalline high temperature superconductors (HTc's), whose
hole densities in the CuO2 planes was varied by different methods. XAS gives
the intensity of the so-called pre-peak of the O 1s line due to the unoccupied
part of the Zhang-Rice (ZR) singlet state. The effects of variation of the
number n of CuO2 - planes per unit cell (n = 1,2,3) and the effect of
La-substitution for Sr for the n = 1 and n = 2 phase were studied
systematically. Furthermore the symmetry of the states could be probed by the
polarization of the impinging radiation.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of SCES2001, Ann
Arbor, August 6-10, 200
Quasiparticles and Energy Scaling in BiSrCaCuO (=1-3): Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) has been performed on the
single- to triple-layered Bi-family high-{\it T} superconductors
(BiSrCaCuO, =1-3). We found a sharp
quasiparticle peak as well as a pseudogap at the Fermi level in the
triple-layered compound. Comparison among three compounds has revealed a
universal rule that the characteristic energies of superconducting and
pseudogap behaviors are scaled with the maximum {\it T}.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Unusual electronic ground state of a prototype cuprate: band splitting of single CuO_2-plane Bi_2 Sr_(2-x) La_x CuO_(6+delta)
By in-situ change of polarization a small splitting of the Zhang-Rice singlet
state band near the Fermi level has been resolved for optimum doped (x=0.4)
BiSrLaCuO at the (pi,0)-point (R.Manzke et al.
PRB 63, R100504 (2001). Here we treat the momentum dependence and lineshape of
the split band by photoemission in the EDC-mode with very high angular and
energy resolution. The splitting into two destinct emissions could also be
observed over a large portion of the major symmetry line M, giving the
dispersion for the individual contributions. Since bi-layer effects can not be
present in this single-layer material the results have to be discussed in the
context of one-particle removal spectral functions derived from current
theoretical models. The most prominent are microscopic phase separation
including striped phase formation, coexisting antiferromagnetic and
incommensurate charge-density-wave critical fluctuations coupled to electrons
(hot spots) or even spin charge separation within the Luttinger liquid picture,
all leading to non-Fermi liquid like behavior in the normal state and having
severe consequences on the way the superconducting state forms. Especially the
possibilty of observing spinon and holon excitations is discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Coupling to a phononic mode in : Angle-resolved photoemission
The kink in the dispersion and the drop in the width observed by
angle-resolved photoemission in the nodal direction of the Brillouin zone of
(abbreviated as (Pb)Bi2212) has
attracted broad interest [1-3]. Surprisingly optimally lead-doped (Pb)Bi2212
with as well as the shadow band were not investigated so
far, although the origin of the kink and the drop is still under strong debate.
In this context a resonant magnetic-mode scenario and an electron-phonon
coupling scenario are discussed controversially. Here we analyze the relevant
differences between both scenarios and conclude that the kink and the drop are
caused by a coupling of the electronic system to a phononic mode at least in
the nodal direction. It is found that besides the dispersion and the drop in
the width also the peak height as a new criterion can be used to define the
energy scale of the interaction, giving a new means for a precise and
consistent determination of the kink energy
Strong spin triplet contribution of the first removal state in the insulating regime of Bi2Sr2Ca1-xYxCu2O8+delta
The experimental dispersion of the first removal state in the insulating
regime of Bi2Sr2Ca1-xYxCu2O8+delta is found to differ significantly from that
of other parent materials: oxyclorides and La2CuO4 . For Y-contents of 0.92 > x
> 0.55 due to nonstoichiometric effects in the Bi-O layers, the hole
concentration in the CuO2 -layers is almost constant and on the contrary the
crystal lattice parameters a,b,c change very strongly. This (a,b) parameter
increase and c parameter decrease results in an unconventional three peak
structure at (0,0);(pi/2, pi/2);(pi,pi) for x=0.92. We can describe the
experimental data only beyond the framework of the 3-band pd-model involving
the representations of a new triplet counterpart for the Zhang-Rice singlet
state.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
Formal Framework for Property-driven Obfuscations
We study the existence and the characterization of function transformers that minimally or maximally modify a function in order to reveal or conceal a certain property. Based on this general formal framework we develop a strategy for the design of the maximal obfuscating transformation that conceals a given property while revealing the desired observational behaviou
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