ARPES studies of cuprate Fermiology: superconductivity, pseudogap and quasiparticle dynamics

作者:Vishik I M; Lee W S; He R H; Hashimoto M; Hussain Z; Devereaux T P; Shen Z X*
来源:New Journal of Physics, 2010, 12: 105008.
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/12/10/105008

摘要

We present our angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies of the cuprate high-temperature superconductors; these studies elucidate the relation between superconductivity and the pseudogap and highlight low-energy quasiparticle dynamics in the superconducting state. Our experiments suggest that the pseudogap and the superconducting gap represent distinct states that coexist below T-c. Studies of Bi-2212 demonstrate that the near-nodal and near-antinodal regions behave differently as a function of temperature and doping, implying that different orders dominate in different momentum-space regions. However, the ubiquity of sharp quasiparticles all around the Fermi surface in Bi-2212 indicates that superconductivity extends into the momentum-space region dominated by the pseudogap, revealing subtlety in this dichotomy. In Bi-2201, the temperature dependence of antinodal spectra reveals particle-hole asymmetry and anomalous spectral broadening, which may constrain the explanation for the pseudogap. Noting that electron-boson coupling is an important aspect of cuprate physics, we end the paper with a discussion of the multiple 'kinks' in the nodal dispersion. Understanding these will be useful in establishing which excitations are important for superconductivity.

  • 出版日期2010-10-29