Bulk- And Surface-Sensitive High-Resolution Photoemission Study Of Two Mott-Hubbard Systems: Srvo3 And Cavo3

We study the electronic structure of Mott-Hubbard systems SrVO3 and CaVO3 with bulk and surface-sensitive high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy, using a vacuum ultraviolet laser, synchrotron radiation, and a discharge lamp (h nu=7-21 eV). A systematic suppression of the density of states (DOS) within similar to 0.2 eV of the Fermi level (E-F) is found on decreasing photon energy, i.e., on increasing bulk sensitivity. The coherent band in SrVO3 and CaVO3 is shown to consist of surface and bulk-derived features, separated in energy. The stronger distortion on surface of CaVO3 compared to SrVO3 leads to a higher surface metallicity in the coherent DOS at E-F, consistent with recent theory.