Dual character of the electronic structure in YBa2Cu4O8: conduction bands of CuO2 planes and CuO chains

Details Dual character of the electronic structure in YBa2Cu4O8: conduction bands of CuO2 planes and CuO chains Dual character of the electronic structure in YBa2Cu4O8: conduction bands of CuO2 planes and CuO chains

2006-09-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609034v1

Phys. Rev. Lett 98, 157002 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.157002

We use microprobe Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (muARPES) to separately investigate the electronic properties of CuO2 planes and CuO chains in the high temperature superconductor, YBa2Cu4O8. In the CuO2 planes, a two dimensional (2D) electronic structure with nearly momentum independent bilayer splitting is observed. The splitting energy is 150 meV at (pi,0), almost 50% larger than in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+d) and the electron scattering at the Fermi level in the bonding band is about 1.5 times stronger than in the antibonding band. The CuO chains have a quasi one dimensional (1D) electronic structure. We observe two 1D bands separated by ~ 550meV: a conducting band and an insulating band with an energy gap of ~ 240meV. We find that the conduction electrons are well confined within the planes and chains with a non-trivial hybridization.

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