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Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Feb 08;100(5):056810. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.056810. Epub 2008 Feb 08.

Indirect electric field doping of the CuO2 planes of the cuprate NdBa2Cu3O7 superconductor.

Physical review letters

M Salluzzo, G Ghiringhelli, J C Cezar, N B Brookes, G M De Luca, F Fracassi, R Vaglio

Affiliations

  1. CNR-INFM COHERENTIA, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 18352415 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.056810

Abstract

The mechanism of field-effect doping in the 123 high critical temperature superconductors (HTS) has been investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy in the presence of an electric field. We demonstrate that holes are created at the CuO chains of the charge reservoir and that field-effect doping of the CuO(2) planes occurs by charge transfer, from the chains to the planes, of a fraction of the overall induced holes. The electronic properties of the charge reservoir and of the dielectric-HTS interface determine the electric field doping of the CuO(2) planes.

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