Direct spectroscopic evidence for completely filled Cu $3d$ shell in BaCu${}_2$As${}_2$ and $\alpha$-BaCu${}_2$Sb${}_2$

Abstract

We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to extract the band dispersion and the Fermi surface of BaCu${}_2$As${}_2$ and $\alpha$-BaCu${}_2$Sb${}_2$. While the Cu $3d$ bands in both materials are located around 3.5 eV below the Fermi level, the low-energy photoemission intensity mainly comes from As $4p$ states, suggesting a completely filled Cu $3d$ shell. The splitting of the As $3d$ core levels and the lack of pronounced three-dimensionality in the measured band structure of BaCu${}_2$As${}_2$ indicate a surface state likely induced by the cleavage of this material in the collapsed tetragonal phase, which is consistent with our observation of a Cu${}^{+1}$ oxydation state. However, the observation of Cu states at similar energy in $\alpha$-BaCu${}_2$Sb${}_2$ without the pnictide-pnictide interlayer bonding characteristic of the collapsed tetragonal phase suggests that the short interlayer distance in BaCu${}_2$As${}_2$ follows from the stability of the Cu${}^{+1}$ rather than the other way around. Our results confirm the prediction that BaCu${}_2$As${}_2$ is an $sp$ metal with weak electronic correlations.

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