Doping and temperature dependence of electron spectrum and quasiparticle dispersion in doped bilayer cuprates

TL;DR

This study investigates how doping and temperature affect the electron spectrum and quasiparticle dispersion in doped bilayer cuprates, highlighting the role of bilayer interaction and magnetic excitations in their electronic structure.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical analysis of the electron spectrum in doped bilayer cuprates using the t-t'-J model, emphasizing the effects of bilayer interaction and magnetic coupling.

Findings

Bilayer interaction splits the electron spectrum into bonding and antibonding components.

Two main flat bands appear around the (π,0) point below the Fermi energy.

Lowest energy states are located at the (π/2,π/2) point, similar to single layer cuprates.

Abstract

Within the t-t'-J model, the electron spectrum and quasiparticle dispersion in doped bilayer cuprates in the normal state are discussed by considering the bilayer interaction. It is shown that the bilayer interaction splits the electron spectrum of doped bilayer cuprates into the bonding and antibonding components around the $(\pi,0)$ point. The differentiation between the bonding and antibonding components is essential, which leads to two main flat bands around the $(\pi,0)$ point below the Fermi energy. In analogy to the doped single layer cuprates, the lowest energy states in doped bilayer cuprates are located at the $(\pi/2,\pi/2)$ point. Our results also show that the striking behavior of the electronic structure in doped bilayer cuprates is intriguingly related to the bilayer interaction together with strong coupling between the electron quasiparticles and collective magnetic excitations.