Electronic Raman scattering in HgBa_{2}Ca_{2}Cu_{3}O_{8+δ} single crystals. Analysis of the superconducting state

Details Electronic Raman scattering in HgBa_{2}Ca_{2}Cu_{3}O_{8+δ} single crystals. Analysis of the superconducting state Electronic Raman scattering in HgBa_{2}Ca_{2}Cu_{3}O_{8+δ} single crystals. Analysis of the superconducting state

1998-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9804060v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

12 pages, revtex, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.58.11721

Electronic Raman scattering measurements have been performed on $HgBa_{2}Ca_{2}Cu_{3}O_{8+\delta} $ single crystals in the superconducting state. Pure electronic Raman spectra with no phonon structures hindering the analysis of the electronic continuum have been obtained. As a consequence, the spectra in the pure $B_{1g} $ and $B_{2g} $ symmetries are directly and reliably analyzed and the pure $A_{1g} $ contribution can be easily identified. Below the critical temperature $T_{c}, $ two electronic structures at $2\Delta \sim 6.4 k_{B}T_{c} $ and $2\Delta \sim 9.4 $ $k_{B}T_{c} $ are clearly seen. Both are observed simultaneously in pure $A_{1g} $ symmetry, the highest energy one being located at the energy of the $B_{1g} $ maximum. These two maxima disappear at $T_{c} $ and do not soften significantly as the temperature is raised up to $T_{c}. $ The low energy frequency dependence of the $B_{1g} $ electronic response is strongly linear, for various excitation lines in the 476.5 to 647.1 nm range. Such experimental data cannot be reconciled with a pure $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}} $ symmetry. Instead, they strongly advocate in favor of an anisotropic superconducting gap with two distinct gap maxima and of nodes existing outside the [110] and [1,$\bar{1}$,0] directions in {\bf k}-space. We discuss in detail the simplest order parameter compatible with our experimental findings.

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