Point nodes persisting far beyond Tc in Bi2212

Takeshi Kondo (), W. Malaeb, Y. Ishida, T. Sasagawa, H. Sakamoto, Tsunehiro Takeuchi, T. Tohyama and S. Shin
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Takeshi Kondo: ISSP, University of Tokyo
W. Malaeb: ISSP, University of Tokyo
Y. Ishida: ISSP, University of Tokyo
T. Sasagawa: Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
H. Sakamoto: Nagoya University
Tsunehiro Takeuchi: Energy Materials Laboratory, Toyota Technological Institute
T. Tohyama: Tokyo University of Science
S. Shin: ISSP, University of Tokyo

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract In contrast to a complex feature of antinodal state, suffering from competing orders, the pairing gap of cuprates is obtained in the nodal region, which therefore holds the key to the superconducting mechanism. One of the biggest question is whether the point nodal state as a hallmark of d-wave pairing collapses at Tc like the BCS-type superconductors, or it instead survives above Tc turning into the preformed pair state. A difficulty in this issue comes from the small magnitude of the nodal gap, which has been preventing experimentalists from solving it. Here we use a laser ARPES capable of ultrahigh-energy resolution, and detect the point nodes surviving far beyond Tc in Bi2212. By tracking the temperature evolution of spectra, we reveal that the superconductivity occurs when the pair-breaking rate is suppressed smaller than the single-particle scattering rate on cooling, which governs the value of Tc in cuprates.

Date: 2015
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