Evolution of the electronic structure of 1T-Cu(x)TiSe(2)

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Oct 5;99(14):146401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.146401. Epub 2007 Oct 1.

Abstract

The electronic structure of a new charge-density-wave system or superconductor, 1T-Cu(x)TiSe(2), has been studied by photoemission spectroscopy. A correlated semiconductor band structure is revealed for the undoped case, which resolves a long-standing controversy in the system. With Cu doping, the charge-density wave is suppressed by the raising of the chemical potential, while the superconductivity is enhanced by the enhancement of the density of states, and possibly suppressed at higher doping by the strong scattering.