Dependence of band-renormalization effects on the number of copper oxide layers in Tl-based copper oxide superconductors revealed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Aug 7;103(6):067003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.067003. Epub 2009 Aug 4.

Abstract

Here we report the first angle-resolved photoemission measurement on nearly optimally doped multilayer Tl-based superconducting cuprates (Tl-2212 and Tl-1223) and a comparison study to single-layer (Tl-2201) compound. A "kink" in the band dispersion is found in all three compounds but exhibits different momentum dependence for the single-layer and multilayer compounds, reminiscent to that of Bi-based cuprates. This layer number dependent renormalization effect strongly implies that the spin-resonance mode is unlikely to be responsible for the dramatic renormalization effect near the antinodal region.