Momentum dependence of superconducting gap, strong-coupling dispersion kink, and tightly bound Cooper pairs in the high- superconductors
- 10 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 78 (18), 184508
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.78.184508
Abstract
We present a systematic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopic study of the high- superconductor class . By utilizing a photon-energy-modulation contrast and scattering geometry we report the Fermi surface and the momentum dependence of the superconducting gap, . A prominent quasiparticle dispersion kink reflecting strong scattering processes is observed in a binding-energy range of 25–55 meV in the superconducting state, and the coherence length or the extent of the Cooper pair wave function is found to be about , which is uncharacteristic of a superconducting phase realized by the BCS-phonon-retardation mechanism. The observed kink likely reflects contributions from the frustrated spin excitations in a magnetic background and scattering from the soft phonons. Results taken collectively provide direct clues to the nature of the pairing potential including an internal phase-shift factor in the superconducting order parameter which leads to a Brillouin zone node in a strong-coupling setting.
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