Momentum and excitation energy dependence of the "waterfalls" in cuprates

Details Momentum and excitation energy dependence of the "waterfalls" in cuprates Momentum and excitation energy dependence of the "waterfalls" in cuprates

2007-10-20

arxiv.org/abs/0710.3838v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 237002 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Accepted to PRL

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Using high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we have studied the momentum and photon energy dependence of the anomalous high-energy dispersion, termed "waterfalls", between the Fermi level and 1 eV binding energy in several high-Tc superconductors. We observe strong changes of the dispersion between different Brillouin zones and a strong dependence on the photon energy around 75 eV, which we associate with the resonant photoemission at the Cu 3p3d_{x^2-y^2} edge. We conclude that the high-energy "waterfall" dispersion results from a strong suppression of the photoemission intensity at the center of the Brillouin zone due to matrix element effects and is, therefore, not an intrinsic feature of the spectral function. This indicates that the new high energy scale in the electronic structure of cuprates derived from the "waterfall"-like dispersion may be incorrect.

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