Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-07-27
Phys. Rev. B 78, 075115 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
6 pages, 3 figures. to be published in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.075115
The temperature ($T$) dependent metal-insulator transition (MIT) in VO$_2$ is investigated using bulk sensitive hard x-ray ($\sim$ 8 keV) valence band, core level, and V 2$p-3d$ resonant photoemission spectroscopy (PES). The valence band and core level spectra are compared with full-multiplet cluster model calculations including a coherent screening channel. Across the MIT, V 3$d$ spectral weight transfer from the coherent ($d^1\underbar{\it {C}}$ final) states at Fermi level to the incoherent ($d^{0}+d^1\underbar{\it {L}}$ final) states, corresponding to the lower Hubbard band, lead to gap-formation. The spectral shape changes in V 1$s$ and V 2$p$ core levels as well as the valence band are nicely reproduced from a cluster model calculations, providing electronic structure parameters. Resonant-PES finds that the $d^1\underbar{\it{L}}$ states resonate across the V 2$p-3d$ threshold in addition to the $d^{0}$ and $d^1\underbar{\it {C}}$ states. The results support a Mott-Hubbard transition picture for the first order MIT in VO$_2$.
Chainani Ashish
Eguchi R.
Hiroi Zenji
Horiba Koji
Ishida Yasuchika
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