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Angle-resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy At Ultra-low Temperatures
Published on: October 9, 2012
Three-dimensional band structure and surface electron accumulation of rs-CdxZn1-xO studied by angle-resolved
Kazutoshi Takahashi1, Masaki Imamura2, Jang Hyo Chang3
1Synchrotron Light Application Center, Saga University, Saga, 840-8502, Japan. ktaka@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Three-dimensional band structure of rock-salt (rs) CdxZn1-xO (x = 1.0, 0.83, and 0.60) have been determined by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) using synchrotron radiation. Valence-band features shift to higher binding energy with Zn content, while the conduction band position does not depend strongly on Zn content. An increase of the indirect band gap with Zn-doping is larger than that of the direct band gap, reflecting a weaker hybridization between Zn 3d and O 2p than that between Cd 4d and O 2p. Two-dimensional electronic states due to the quantization along surface normal direction are formed in the surface accumulation layer and show non-parabolic dispersions. Binding energy of the quantized two-dimensional state is well reproduced using an accumulation potential with the observed surface band bending and the characteristic width of about 30 Å.
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