Antinodal kink in the band dispersion of electron-doped cuprate La2−xCexCuO4±δ

• Published in: npj quantum materials 2022-05, Vol.7 (1), Article 53
• Main Authors: Tang, C. Y., Lin, Z. F., Zhang, J. X., Guo, X. C., Zhong, Y. G., Guan, J. Y., Gao, S. Y., Rao, Z. C., Zhao, J., Huang, Y. B., Qian, T., Weng, Z. Y., Jin, K., Sun, Y. J., Ding, H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 639/766/119/1003; 639/766/119/544; Condensed Matter Physics; Cuprates; Dispersion; Doping; Electrons; Energy; High temperature; Laboratories; Photoelectric emission; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Physics; Spectrum analysis; Structural Materials; Superconductors; Surfaces and Interfaces; Thin Films
• ISSN: 2397-4648; 2397-4648
• DOI: 10.1038/s41535-022-00459-1

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements have established the phenomenon of kink in band dispersion of high- T c cuprate superconductors. However, systematic studies of the kink in electron-doped cuprates are still lacking experimentally. We performed in situ ARPES measurements on La 2− x Ce x CuO 4±δ (LCCO) thin films over a wide electron doping ( n ) range from 0.05 to 0.23. While the nodal kink is nearly invisible, an antinodal kink around 45 meV, surviving above 200 K, is observed for n ~ 0.05–0.19, whose position is roughly independent of doping. The fact that the antinodal kink observed at high temperatures and in the highly overdoped region favors the phonon mechanism with contributions from the Cu–O bond-stretching mode and the out-of-plane oxygen buckling mode.