Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of electron-doped cuprate superconductors Isotrop.pdf

a r X i v : 0 8 0 8 .0 5 5 9 v 1 [ c o n d - m a t .s u p r - c o n ] 5 A u g 2 0 0 8 Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of electron-doped cuprate superconductors: Isotropic electron-phonon coupling Seung Ryong Park1, D. J. Song1, C. S. Leem1, Chul Kim1, C. Kim1,?, B. J. Kim2, and H. Eisaki3 1Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea 2School of Physics and Center for Strongly Correlated Materials Research, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea and 3AIST Tsukuba Central 2, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan (Dated: August 5, 2008) We have performed high resolution angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) studies on electron doped cuprate superconductors Sm2?xCexCuO4 (x=0.10, 0.15, 0.18), Nd2?xCexCuO4 (x=0.15) and Eu2?xCexCuO4 (x=0.15). Imaginary parts of the electron removal self energy show step-like features due to an electron-bosonic mode coupling. The step-like feature is seen along both nodal and anti-nodal directions but at energies of 50 and 70 meV, respectively, independent of the doping and rare earth element. Such energy scales can be understood as being due to preferential coupling to half- and full-breathing mode phonons, revealing the phononic origin of the kink structures. Estimated electron-phonon coupling constant λ from the self energy is roughly independent of the doping and momentum. The isotropic nature of λ is discussed in comparison with the hole doped case where a strong anisotropy exists. PACS numbers: 74.25.Jb, 74.72.-h, 79.60.-i Electron-bosonic mode coupling in solids manifests it- self as a slope change in the dispersion or a “kink”in angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) dispersions.1 ARPES studies have been extensively performed to obtain information on the electron-bosonic mode cou- pling (EBC)2,3,4,5,6,7 in high temperature superconduc- tors (HTSCs) to find out what mediates the electron pair- ing. In spite of the extensive studies, controversy still ex- ists on what causes the strong