Origin of the electron-hole asymmetry in the scanning tunneling spectrum of the high-temperature Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ superconductor

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Nieminen, Jouko ^a,b   Lin, Hsin ^b   Markiewicz, R S ^b   Bansil, A ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

BI-2212; BI2SR2CACU2O8; CU ATOMS; ELECTRON-HOLE ASYMMETRIES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; ORBITALS; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPIES; SPECTRUM DISPLAYS; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; TUNNELING CURRENTS; TUNNELING PROCESS; TUNNELING SPECTRUM;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 59549104663     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.037001     Document Type: Article

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