Differentiation of electron doping and oxygen reduction in electron-doped cuprates

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Main Authors: Miyamoto, M., Horio, M., Moriya, K., Takahashi, A., Tanaka, K., Koike, Y., Adachi, T., Matsuda, I.
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Published: 2026
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author Miyamoto, M.
Horio, M.
Moriya, K.
Takahashi, A.
Tanaka, K.
Koike, Y.
Adachi, T.
Matsuda, I.
author_facet Miyamoto, M.
Horio, M.
Moriya, K.
Takahashi, A.
Tanaka, K.
Koike, Y.
Adachi, T.
Matsuda, I.
contents Electron-doped cuprates require not only electron doping by chemical substitution but also post-growth reduction annealing for realizing superconductivity. However, electron concentration can also be varied by reduction annealing, making it challenging to disentangle the respective influences of electron concentration and oxygen non-stoichiometry. Here, by combining alkali-metal dosing and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we monitored changes in the electronic structure of an electron-doped cuprate while supplying additional electrons to its surface without modifying oxygen content. Whereas a Fermi surface reconstruction due to long-range antiferromagnetic order was suppressed by alkali-metal deposition, the pseudogap -- which is associated with short-range spin/charge correlations and can be suppressed by efficient reduction annealing -- was found to persist. The results highlight significant contribution of impurity oxygen atoms to pseudogap formation in electron-doped cuprates.
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spellingShingle Differentiation of electron doping and oxygen reduction in electron-doped cuprates
Miyamoto, M.
Horio, M.
Moriya, K.
Takahashi, A.
Tanaka, K.
Koike, Y.
Adachi, T.
Matsuda, I.
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Electron-doped cuprates require not only electron doping by chemical substitution but also post-growth reduction annealing for realizing superconductivity. However, electron concentration can also be varied by reduction annealing, making it challenging to disentangle the respective influences of electron concentration and oxygen non-stoichiometry. Here, by combining alkali-metal dosing and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we monitored changes in the electronic structure of an electron-doped cuprate while supplying additional electrons to its surface without modifying oxygen content. Whereas a Fermi surface reconstruction due to long-range antiferromagnetic order was suppressed by alkali-metal deposition, the pseudogap -- which is associated with short-range spin/charge correlations and can be suppressed by efficient reduction annealing -- was found to persist. The results highlight significant contribution of impurity oxygen atoms to pseudogap formation in electron-doped cuprates.
title Differentiation of electron doping and oxygen reduction in electron-doped cuprates
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25450