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Effects of a Collective Spin Resonance Mode on the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Spectra of d-Wave Superconductors

Jian-Xin Zhu, Jun Sun, Qimiao Si, A. V. Balatsky

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.017002 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

A high-energy spin resonance mode is known to exist in many high-temperature superconductors. Motivated by recent scanning tunneling microscopy experiments in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, we study the effects of this resonance mode on the local density of states (LDOS). The coupling between the electrons in a d-wave superconductor and the resonance mode produces high-energy peaks in the LDOS, which displays a two-unit-cell periodic modulation around a nonmagnetic impurity. This suggests a new means to not only detect the dynamical spin collective mode but also study its coupling to electronic excitations.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

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YBa2Cu3O6+y

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