Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2004-05-12
Phys. Rev. B 70, 134504 (2004) (14 pages)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
13 pages with 9 figures included
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.70.134504
The in-plane infrared and visible (3 meV-3 eV) reflectivity of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d (Bi-2212) thin films is measured between 300 K and 10 K for different doping levels with unprecedented accuracy. The optical conductivity is derived through an accurate fitting procedure. We study the transfer of spectral weight from finite energy into the superfluid as the system becomes superconducting. In the over-doped regime, the superfluid develops at the expense of states lying below 60 meV, a conventional energy of the order of a few times the superconducting gap. In the underdoped regime, spectral weight is removed from up to 2 eV, far beyond any conventional scale. The intraband spectral weight change between the normal and superconducting state, if analyzed in terms of a change of kinetic energy is ~1 meV. Compared to the condensation energy, this figure addresses the issue of a kinetic energy driven mechanism.
Bontemps Nicole
Girata D.
Konstantinovic Zorica
Li Zaidong
Lobo P. S. R. M.
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