OBSERVATION OF A-B PLANE GAP ANISOTROPY IN BI2SR2CACU2O8 WITH A LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

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作者
KANE, J [1 ]
CHEN, Q [1 ]
NG, KW [1 ]
TAO, HJ [1 ]
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[1] CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST PHYS,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.128
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O4 [物理学];
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Significant gap anisotropy within the a-b plane of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 has been observed with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope. The energy gap is largest along the a-axis direction, with DELTA(p-p) = 36.6 meV and decreases gradually to a value of 23 meV along the direction 45-degrees from the a axis. The tunneling data have been fit well using a simple model which assumes a d-wave-pairing energy gap, and allows tunneling in all directions close to the normal of the surface.
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