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Reconstructing The Bulk Fermi Surface And Superconducting Gap Properties From Neutron Scattering Experiments, Tanmoy Das, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil
Reconstructing The Bulk Fermi Surface And Superconducting Gap Properties From Neutron Scattering Experiments, Tanmoy Das, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil
Robert Markiewicz
We develop an analytical tool to extract bulk electronic properties of unconventional superconductors from inelastic neutron scattering spectra. We show that the upward and downward branches of the spin excitation spectra have distinct origins, with the upper branch representing a gapped spin-wave dispersion and the lower branch associated with Bogoliubov quasiparticle scattering on the Fermi surface. Combined, they produce an "hourglass" dispersion with 45 degrees rotation of the spectrum, as found experimentally. The downward dispersion can be inverted to reveal the Fermi momentum dispersion of the single-particle spectrum as well as the corresponding superconducting (SC) gap function, analogously to the …
Effect Of Orbital Symmetry Of The Tip On Scanning Tunneling Spectra Of Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ, Ilpo Suominen, Jouko Nieminen, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil
Effect Of Orbital Symmetry Of The Tip On Scanning Tunneling Spectra Of Bi₂Sr₂Cacu₂O₈+Δ, Ilpo Suominen, Jouko Nieminen, R. S. Markiewicz, A. Bansil
Robert Markiewicz
We discuss how variations in the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip, whether unintentional or intentional, can lead to changes in topographic images and dI/dV spectra. We consider the possibility of utilizing functionalized tips in order to improve the sensitivity of STM experiments to local irregularities at the surface or hidden below the surface layers. The change in the tip symmetry can radically alter the contrast of the topographic image due to changes in tip-surface overlap. The dI/dV curves change their shape according to which sample bands the tip orbital tends to overlap. In addition, relative phases between competing tunneling channels …