Thomas Lee Elifritz

http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0710

Coexistence of Two Sharp-Mode Couplings and Their Unusual Momentum Dependence in the Superconducting State of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ Superconductor Revealed by Laser-Based Angle-Resolved Photoemission, Junfeng He, Wentao Zhang, Jin Mo Bok, Daixiang Mou, Lin Zhao, Yingying Peng, Shaolong He, Guodong Liu, Xiaoli Dong, Jun Zhang, J. S. Wen, Z. J. Xu, G. D. Gu, Xiaoyang Wang, Qinjun Peng, Zhimin Wang, Shenjin Zhang, Feng Yang, Chuangtian Chen, Zuyan Xu, H.-Y. Choi, C. M. Varma and X. J. Zhou

Super-high resolution laser-based angle-resolved photoemission measurements have been carried out on Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ (Bi2212) superconductors to investigate momentum dependence of electron coupling with collective excitations (modes). Two coexisting energy scales are clearly revealed over a large momentum space for the first time in the superconducting state of an overdoped Bi2212 superconductor. These two energy scales exhibit distinct momentum dependence: one keeps its energy near 78 meV over a large momentum space while the other changes its energy from ~40 meV near the antinodal region to ~70 meV near the nodal region. These observations provide a new picture on momentum evolution of electron-boson coupling in Bi2212 that electrons are coupled with two sharp modes simultaneously over a large momentum space in the superconducting states. Their unusual momentum dependence poses a challenge to our current understanding of electron-mode-coupling and its role for high temperature superconductivity in cuprate superconductors.

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