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Electronic structure of La2−xSrxCuO4 in the vicinity of the superconductor-insulator transition

A. Ino, C. Kim, M. Nakamura, T. Yoshida, T. Mizokawa, Z.-X. Shen, A. Fujimori, T. Kakeshita, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.4137 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We report on the result of angle-resolved photoemission study of La2−xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) from an optimally doped superconductor (x=0.15) to an antiferromagnetic insulator (x=0). Near the superconductor-insulator transition x∼0.05, spectral weight is transferred with hole doping between two coexisting components, suggesting a microscopic inhomogeneity of the doped-hole distribution. For the underdoped LSCO (x<~0.12), the dispersive band crossing the Fermi level becomes invisible in the (0,0)−(π,π) direction unlike Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y. These observations may be reconciled with the evolution of holes in the insulator into fluctuating stripes in the superconductor.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
La2-xSrxCuO4

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Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y

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