Interpretation of scanning tunneling quasiparticle interference and impurity states in cuprates
Abstract
We apply a recently developed method combining first principles based Wannier functions with solutions to the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations to the problem of interpreting STM data in cuprate superconductors. We show that the observed images of Zn on the surface of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 can only be understood by accounting for the tails of the Cu Wannier functions, which include significant weight on apical O sites in neighboring unit cells. This calculation thus puts earlier crude “filter” theories on a microscopic foundation and solves a long-standing puzzle. We then study quasiparticle interference phenomena induced by out-of-plane weak potential scatterers, and show how patterns long observed in cuprates can be understood in terms of the interference of Wannier functions above the surface. Furthermore, our results show excellent agreement with experiment and enable a better understanding of novel phenomena in the cuprates via STM imaging.
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- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States); Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1186008
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1226027; OSTI ID: 1228169
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-108204-2015-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; SC00112704; FG02-05ER46236
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Kreisel, Andreas, Choubey, Peayush, Berlijn, Tom, Ku, W., Andersen, Brian M., and Hirschfeld, Peter J. Interpretation of scanning tunneling quasiparticle interference and impurity states in cuprates. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217002.
Kreisel, Andreas, Choubey, Peayush, Berlijn, Tom, Ku, W., Andersen, Brian M., & Hirschfeld, Peter J. Interpretation of scanning tunneling quasiparticle interference and impurity states in cuprates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217002
Kreisel, Andreas, Choubey, Peayush, Berlijn, Tom, Ku, W., Andersen, Brian M., and Hirschfeld, Peter J. Wed .
"Interpretation of scanning tunneling quasiparticle interference and impurity states in cuprates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1186008.
@article{osti_1186008,
title = {Interpretation of scanning tunneling quasiparticle interference and impurity states in cuprates},
author = {Kreisel, Andreas and Choubey, Peayush and Berlijn, Tom and Ku, W. and Andersen, Brian M. and Hirschfeld, Peter J.},
abstractNote = {We apply a recently developed method combining first principles based Wannier functions with solutions to the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations to the problem of interpreting STM data in cuprate superconductors. We show that the observed images of Zn on the surface of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 can only be understood by accounting for the tails of the Cu Wannier functions, which include significant weight on apical O sites in neighboring unit cells. This calculation thus puts earlier crude “filter” theories on a microscopic foundation and solves a long-standing puzzle. We then study quasiparticle interference phenomena induced by out-of-plane weak potential scatterers, and show how patterns long observed in cuprates can be understood in terms of the interference of Wannier functions above the surface. Furthermore, our results show excellent agreement with experiment and enable a better understanding of novel phenomena in the cuprates via STM imaging.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.217002},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 21,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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