Abstract
The change of the electronic structure across the metal-insulator transition in a Mott-Hubbard system has been investigated by x-ray absorption and photoemission spectroscopy. The results are compared with where hole doping is achieved by excess oxygen instead of Sr substitution. It is found that additional doped-hole states are created in the insulator gap for both cases, while the density of states at the Fermi level in is nearly half of that in at the same nominal doping. This suggests a strong reduction in the mobility of carriers due to cation vacancies produced by excess oxygen.
- Received 11 June 1998
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.59.1815
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