Published September 1, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Unoccupied electronic states and surface phenomena for YBa2Cu3O/sub 6.9/

  • 1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minneosta, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

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Inverse photoemission was used to probe the unoccupied electronic levels within 25 eV of E/sub F/ for the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O/sub 6.9/. Our results show that the density of states is low from E/sub F/ to --3.7 eV above E/sub F/. Large emission features appearing at 6.6 and 8.6 eV are associated with Ba 5d- and Y 4d-derived bands, respectively, while structure at 13.4 eV above E/sub F/ is due to localized Ba 4f states. Energy-dependent studies reveal a dispersive band between --4 and --6 eV above E/sub F/. An oxygen-induced feature was observed at 1.8 eV, but there is no evidence that high-energy electron-stimulated desorption removes these chemisorption states

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
3899-3902
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD