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The study of electronic nematicity in an overdoped (Bi, Pb)₂Sr₂CuO_6+? superconductor using scanning tunneling spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: The pseudogap (PG) state and its related intra-unit-cell symmetry breaking remain the focus in the research of cuprate superconductors. Although the nematicity has been studied in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+?, especially underdoped samples, its behavior in other cuprates and different doping regions is still unclear. Here we apply a scanning tunneling microscope to explore an overdoped (Bi, Pb)₂Sr₂CuO_6+? with a large Fermi surface (FS). The establishment of a nematic order and its real-space distribution is visualized as the energy scale approaches the PG.

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5556024 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

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The study of electronic nematicity in an overdoped (Bi, Pb)2Sr2CuO6+δ superconductor using scanning tunneling spectroscopy.

Zheng Yuan Y Fei Ying Y Bu Kunliang K Zhang Wenhao W Ding Ying Y Zhou Xingjiang X Hoffman Jennifer E JE Yin Yi Y

Scientific reports 20170814 1

The pseudogap (PG) state and its related intra-unit-cell symmetry breaking remain the focus in the research of cuprate superconductors. Although the nematicity has been studied in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, especially underdoped samples, its behavior in other cuprates and different doping regions is still unclear. Here we apply a scanning tunneling microscope to explore an overdoped (Bi, Pb)2Sr2CuO6+δ with a large Fermi surface ( ...[more]

PMID: 28808301

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