Imaging the Two Gaps of the High-TC Superconductor Pb-Bi2Sr2CuO6+x

Details Imaging the Two Gaps of the High-TC Superconductor Pb-Bi2Sr2CuO6+x Imaging the Two Gaps of the High-TC Superconductor Pb-Bi2Sr2CuO6+x

2007-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/0705.1731v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

6 pages

Scientific paper

The nature of the pseudogap state, observed above the superconducting transition temperature TC in many high temperature superconductors, is the center of much debate. Recently, this discussion has focused on the number of energy gaps in these materials. Some experiments indicate a single energy gap, implying that the pseudogap is a precursor state. Others indicate two, suggesting that it is a competing or coexisting phase. Here we report on temperature dependent scanning tunneling spectroscopy of Pb-Bi2Sr2CuO6+x. We have found a new, narrow, homogeneous gap that vanishes near TC, superimposed on the typically observed, inhomogeneous, broad gap, which is only weakly temperature dependent. These results not only support the two gap picture, but also explain previously troubling differences between scanning tunneling microscopy and other experimental measurements.

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