Josephson Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy in -Wave Superconductors: A Probe for the Nature of the Pseudogap in the Cuprate Superconductors
Abstract
Recent advances in the development of Josephson scanning tunneling spectroscopy (JSTS) have opened a new path for the exploration of unconventional superconductors. We demonstrate that the critical current , measured via JSTS, images the spatial form of the superconducting order parameter in -wave superconductors around defects and in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state. Furthermore, we show that probes the existence of phase-incoherent superconducting correlations in the pseudogap region of the cuprate superconductors, thus providing unprecedented insight into its elusive nature. These findings offer the missing theoretical link between the experimentally measured and the spatial structure of the superconducting order parameter.
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- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
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- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1593518
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- OSTI ID: 1530637
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- FG02-05ER46225
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- Accepted Manuscript
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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- American Physical Society (APS)
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- United States
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- English
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- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Graham, Martin, and Morr, Dirk K. Josephson Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy in dx2-y2 -Wave Superconductors: A Probe for the Nature of the Pseudogap in the Cuprate Superconductors. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.017001.
Graham, Martin, & Morr, Dirk K. Josephson Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy in dx2-y2 -Wave Superconductors: A Probe for the Nature of the Pseudogap in the Cuprate Superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.017001
Graham, Martin, and Morr, Dirk K. Tue .
"Josephson Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy in dx2-y2 -Wave Superconductors: A Probe for the Nature of the Pseudogap in the Cuprate Superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.017001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593518.
@article{osti_1593518,
title = {Josephson Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy in dx2-y2 -Wave Superconductors: A Probe for the Nature of the Pseudogap in the Cuprate Superconductors},
author = {Graham, Martin and Morr, Dirk K.},
abstractNote = {Recent advances in the development of Josephson scanning tunneling spectroscopy (JSTS) have opened a new path for the exploration of unconventional superconductors. We demonstrate that the critical current Ic, measured via JSTS, images the spatial form of the superconducting order parameter in dx2-y2-wave superconductors around defects and in the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state. Furthermore, we show that Ic probes the existence of phase-incoherent superconducting correlations in the pseudogap region of the cuprate superconductors, thus providing unprecedented insight into its elusive nature. These findings offer the missing theoretical link between the experimentally measured Ic and the spatial structure of the superconducting order parameter.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.017001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 1,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
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