Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-06-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
To appear in Science express on June 04, 2009. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1174338
Scientific paper
10.1126/science.1174338
Understanding the mechanism by which d-wave superconductivity in the cuprates emerges and is optimized by doping the Mott insulator is one of the major outstanding problems in condensed matter physics. Our high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy measurements of the high transition temperature (Tc) superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d show that samples with different Tcs in the low doping regime follow a remarkably universal d-wave low energy excitation spectrum, indicating a doping independent nodal gap. We demonstrate that Tc instead correlates with the fraction of the Fermi surface over which the samples exhibit the universal spectrum. Optimal Tc is achieved when all parts of the Fermi surface follow this universal behavior. Increasing temperature above Tc turns the universal spectrum into an arc of gapless excitations, while overdoping breaks down the universal nodal behavior.
Gomes Kenjiro K.
Gu Genda
Ono Shimpei
Parker Colin V.
Pasupathy Abhay. N.
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