ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND SUPERCONDUCTING ENERGY-GAP IN RB3C60 SINGLE-CRYSTALS STUDIED BY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY

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作者
GU, C
VEAL, BW
LIU, R
PAULIKAS, AP
KOSTIC, P
DING, H
GOFRON, K
CAMPUZANO, JC
SCHLUETER, JA
WANG, HH
GEISER, U
WILLIAMS, JM
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,CHICAGO,IL 60680
[2] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV CHEM,ARGONNE,IL 60439
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 22期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.16566
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We report an ultrahigh-resolution photoemission study of Rb3C60 single crystals (Tc=30.5 K) and the measurement of the superconducting energy gap. The crystals were cleaved at 13 K to expose the (111) plane. They show a sharp Fermi cutoff above Tc and a superconducting gap opening below Tc (2Δ/kBTc∼4.1 at 13 K). The valence band shows a ∼0.15-eV-wide band near EF that is consistent with calculations, and a broad band at 0.15-1.3 eV, possibly contributed by the surface C60 layer. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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页码:16566 / 16569
页数:4
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