TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF YbXCu4 (X=In, Cd, Mg)
Valence-band and Yb 4d photoemission spectra of YbXCu 4 (X=In, Cd, Mg) have been measured with high energy resolution from 10 to 300 K. In the valence-band photoemission spectra of YbInCu 4 and YbCdCu 4, the structure due to the Yb 2+ 4f 7/2 states is clearly observed near the Fermi level (E F ) at 10 K. The intensity of the Yb 2+ 4f 7/2 structure decreases with increasing temperature and the structure almost disappears at 300 K. The amount of the enhancement from 50 to 107 K is much stronger for YbInCu 4 than for YbCdCu 4. On the other hand, the Yb 2+ 4f 7/2 structure of YbMgCu 4 is observed as a broad peak near E F and the spectra show little temperature dependence. In the Yb 4d photoemission spectra of YbInCu 4 and YbCdCu 4, the structures due to the Yb 2+ and Yb 3+ states are recognized. The intensity ratio Yb 2+/ Yb 3+ increases with decreasing temperature. In the Yb 4d spectra of YbMgCu 4, on the other hand, almost only structures due to Yb 2+ states are observed.