Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-07-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
We address an important issue as to whether bulk-sensitive data of Raman scattering, optical conductivity, magnetic penetration depth, directional point-contact tunneling spectra, and nonmagnetic pair-breaking effect in optimally electron-doped Nd_{1.85}Ce_{0.15}CuO_{4-y} support a nodeless s-wave or d-wave superconducting gap. We numerically calculate Raman intensities, directional point-contact tunneling spectra, and nonmagnetic pair-breaking effect in terms of both s-wave and d-wave gap symmetries. We find that all these bulk-sensitive data are in quantitative agreement with a nearly isotropic s-wave gap. The fact that T_{c} is nearly independent of the residual resistivity rules out any d-wave gap symmetry.
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