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[4] G. –H. Gweon, J. W. Allen, and J. D. Denlinger, cond-mat/0303122. [5] Mallet et al, Phys. Rev. B 63, 165428 (2001). k (Å -1 ) 0 y 0.2 0.4 A B Z Γ Q CDW1 M Y -0.5 0 0.5 k x (Å -1 ) Figure 1. Normal state Fermi energy intensitiy map of η-Mo4O11. White arrow shows the nesting vector for T=109K CDW transition. Intensity (arb. units) (a) 110 K 50 K -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 (b) -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 E-E F (eV) -1 -0.5 0 E-E F Figure 3. “Melted holon” lineshape at the Y point of the k-space. Figure 2. Temperature dependent change of the valence band spectrum at point A and B respectively.

THE FERMI SURFACES OF THIN Sb(111) FILMS Hartmut Höchst and Christian R. Ast Synchrotron Radiation Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3731 Schneider Drive, Stoughton, WI, 53589 The unique electronic properties of the group-V elements Sb and Bi, their small Fermi energy combined with highly anisotropic electron and hole masses and carrier concentrations several orders of magnitude lower than in normal metals makes them prime candidates for potential thermoelectric converters. Devices based on nano-scale structures of Sb and Bi or alloys thereof are among those with the highest conversion efficiency.[1,2] The rhombohedral (A7) crystal structure of the group V-elements causes a negative band gap. The conduction band minimum at the L-point is lower than the valence band maxima, which occur at the H-point for Sb and at the T-point for Bi. As a result, the Fermi surfaces (FS) consist of six pockets centered at the H-points or of two half-pockets centered at the T-points. Band structure calculations using different theoretical approaches agree in some basic overall Fermi surface features.[3-6].The calculated dimensions of the Fermi surface however have been far from experimental results based on magnetotransport and resonance measurements. These data were historically the most accurate even though indirect sources to judge the quality of the various theoretical approaches. More recently, photoemission spectroscopy (PES) was recognized to be a potentially useful additional tool to investigate the electronic properties near the FS. Compared to the classical FS measurements, PES has the advantage that information can be gathered from very small samples, at elevated temperatures and from materials, which exhibit strong impurity, compositional or structurally related scattering effects otherwise detrimental to most classical resonance based FS measurements. We report the first photoemission based FS data of Sb. Combining ARPES with the tuneability of synchrotron radiation allows determining the parallel components of the Fermi momentum k x and k y . Using a simple final state model provides also access to the perpendicular component k enables us to separate the three dimensional hole- pocket typical for bulk Sb from additional FS features which are of 2D-nature and most likely related to the presence of a Sb bilayer on the (111)-surface. Compared to Bi[7-9], which has extremely small bulk hole-pockets, preventing a detailed k-mapping due to experimental limitations in the momentum resolution, the carrier concentration in Sb is ~200 times larger and thus opening up the possibility of tracing the contours of the bulk hole-FS. The location and cross section of the hole pocket in the mirror plane compares well with theoretical predictions based upon pseudopotential calculations by Falicov and Lin [3] while other more recent and advanced model calculations [4-6] seem not to comply with our data. Acknowledgements The Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DMR-0884402.

[4] G. –H. Gweon, J. W. Allen, and J. D. Denlinger, cond-mat/0303122.<br />

[5] Mallet et al, Phys. Rev. B 63, 165428 (2001).<br />

k (Å -1 )<br />

0 y 0.2 0.4<br />

A<br />

B<br />

Z<br />

Γ<br />

Q CDW1<br />

M<br />

Y<br />

-0.5 0 0.5<br />

k x (Å -1 )<br />

Figure 1. Normal state Fermi energy<br />

intensitiy map <strong>of</strong> η-Mo4O11. White arrow<br />

shows the nesting vector for T=109K CDW<br />

transition.<br />

Intensity (arb. units)<br />

(a)<br />

110 K<br />

50 K<br />

-0.2 -0.1 0 0.1<br />

(b)<br />

-0.2 -0.1 0 0.1<br />

E-E F (eV)<br />

-1 -0.5 0<br />

E-E F<br />

Figure 3. “Melted holon”<br />

lineshape at the Y point <strong>of</strong> the<br />

k-space.<br />

Figure 2. Temperature dependent<br />

change <strong>of</strong> the valence band spectrum at<br />

point A and B respectively.

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