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Induced Superconductivity In Noncuprate Layers Of The Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ High-Temperature Superconductor: Modeling Of Scanning Tunneling Spectra, Ilpo Suominen, Jouko Nieminen, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Apr 2012

Induced Superconductivity In Noncuprate Layers Of The Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ High-Temperature Superconductor: Modeling Of Scanning Tunneling Spectra, Ilpo Suominen, Jouko Nieminen, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil

Robert Markiewicz

We analyze how the coherence peaks observed in scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) of cuprate high-temperature superconductors are transferred from the cuprate layer to the oxide layers adjacent to the STS microscope tip. For this purpose, we have carried out a realistic multiband calculation for the superconducting state of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊δ (Bi2212) assuming a short-range d-wave pairing interaction confined to the nearest-neighbor Cu dₓ2y2 orbitals. The resulting anomalous matrix elements of the Green’s function allow us to monitor how pairing is then induced not only within the cuprate bilayer but also within and across other layers and …


Origin Of The Electron-Hole Asymmetry In The Scanning Tunneling Spectrum Of The High-Temperature Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ Superconductor, Jouko Nieminen, Hsin Lin, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Apr 2012

Origin Of The Electron-Hole Asymmetry In The Scanning Tunneling Spectrum Of The High-Temperature Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ Superconductor, Jouko Nieminen, Hsin Lin, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil

Robert Markiewicz

We have developed a material specific theoretical framework for modeling scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) of high-temperature superconducting materials in the normal as well as the superconducting state. Results for Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊δ (Bi2212) show clearly that the tunneling process strongly modifies the STS spectrum from the local density of states of the dₓ2₋y2 orbital of Cu. The dominant tunneling channel to the surface Bi involves the dₓ2₋y2 orbitals of the four neighboring Cu atoms. In accord with experimental observations, the computed spectrum displays a remarkable asymmetry between the processes of electron injection and extraction, which arises from contributions of Cu dz2 and …


Induced Superconductivity In Noncuprate Layers Of The Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ High-Temperature Superconductor: Modeling Of Scanning Tunneling Spectra, Ilpo Suominen, Jouko Nieminen, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil Apr 2012

Induced Superconductivity In Noncuprate Layers Of The Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ High-Temperature Superconductor: Modeling Of Scanning Tunneling Spectra, Ilpo Suominen, Jouko Nieminen, R. Markiewicz, A. Bansil

Arun Bansil

We analyze how the coherence peaks observed in scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) of cuprate high-temperature superconductors are transferred from the cuprate layer to the oxide layers adjacent to the STS microscope tip. For this purpose, we have carried out a realistic multiband calculation for the superconducting state of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊δ (Bi2212) assuming a short-range d-wave pairing interaction confined to the nearest-neighbor Cu dₓ2y2 orbitals. The resulting anomalous matrix elements of the Green’s function allow us to monitor how pairing is then induced not only within the cuprate bilayer but also within and across other layers and …