Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-02-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
32 pages with 10 figures
Scientific paper
We survey the use of spectroscopic imaging STM to probe the electronic structure of underdoped cuprates. Two distinct classes of electronic states are observed in both the d-wave superconducting (dSC) and the pseudogap (PG) phases. The first class consists of the dispersive Bogoliubov quasiparticle excitations of a homogeneous d-wave superconductor, existing below a lower energy scale E=Delta0. We find that the Bogoliubov quasiparticle interference signatures of delocalized Cooper pairing are restricted to a k-space arc which terminates near the lines connecting k=\pm(pi/a0,0) to k=\pm(pi/a0). This arc shrinks continuously with decreasing hole density such that Luttinger's theorem could be satisfied if it represents the front side of a hole-pocket which is bounded behind by the lines between k=\pm(pi/a0,0) and k=\pm(0,pi/a0). In both phases the only broken symmetries detected for the |E|
Davis Christopher J.
Eisaki Hiroshi
Fujita Katsumasa
Kim Eun-Ah
Lawler Michael J.
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