Identifying the Background Signal in ARPES of High Temperature Superconductors
/ Authors
A. Kaminski, S. Rosenkranz, H. Fretwell, J. Mésot, M. Randeria, J. Campuzano, M. Norman, Z. Li, H. Raffy, T. Sato
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/ Abstract
One of the interesting features of the photoemission spectra of the high temperature cuprate superconductors is the presence of a large signal (referred to as the “background”) in the unoccupied region of the Brillouin zone. Here we present data indicating that the origin of this signal is extrinsic and is most likely due to strong scattering of the photoelectrons. We also present an analytical method that can be used to subtract the background signal. Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy