Abstract
We report angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) studies on electron-doped cuprate superconductor Sm 2 - x Ce x CuO 4 ( x = 0.14 and 0.18). A wide energy range scan shows clear “waterfall” effect at an energy scale close to 500 meV which is consistent with the value found in Nd 2 - x Ce x CuO 4 (NCCO) but larger than that from hole-doped superconductors. High resolution results from both dopings show pseudo-gap effects that were observed in NCCO. However, the effects are found to be stronger than that observed in optimally doped NCCO. The overall electronic structure is well understood within a simple model in which a 2 × 2 static order is assumed. Both ARPES and optical measurements give the coupling strengths to the Q =( π / 2 , π / 2 ) (due to the 2 × 2 order) to be about 0.1 eV, compatible with each other. The effect is strong enough to push the band near the nodal region below the Fermi energy, resulting in possible nodeless d-wave superconductivity where zero energy quasi-particle excitation is inhibited.
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