Doping dependence of the superconducting gap in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O{8 + delta}

Details Doping dependence of the superconducting gap in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O{8 + delta} Doping dependence of the superconducting gap in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O{8 + delta}

2000-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0012413v2

Phys. Rev. B 66, 054516 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages REvTex document including 8 eps figures; new table II; changes to Fig. 5 and text

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10.1103/PhysRevB.66.054516

Bi2Sr2CaCu2O{8 + \delta} crystals with varying hole concentrations (0.12 < p < 0.23) were studied to investigate the effects of doping on the symmetry and magnitude of the superconducting gap. Electronic Raman scattering experiments that sample regions of the Fermi surface near the diagonal (B_{2g}) and principal axes (B_{1g}) of the Brillouin Zone have been utilized. The frequency dependence of the Raman response function at low energies is found to be linear for B_{2g} and cubic for B_{1g} (T< T_c). The latter observations have led us to conclude that the doping dependence of the superconducting gap is consistent with d_{x^2-y^2} symmetry, for slightly underdoped and overdoped crystals. Studies of the pair-breaking peak found in the B_{1g} spectra demonstrate that the magnitude of the maximum gap decreases monotonically with increasing hole doping, for p > 0.12. Based on the magnitude of the B_{1g} renormalization, it is found that the number of quasiparticles participating in pairing increases monotonically with increased doping. On the other hand, the B_{2g} spectra show a weak "pair-breaking peak" that follows a parabolic-like dependence on hole concentration, for 0.12 < p < 0.23.

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