Actions for Universal versus Material-Dependent Two-Gap Behaviors in the High-Tc Cuprates [electronic resource] : Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of La_2-xSr_xCuO_4
Universal versus Material-Dependent Two-Gap Behaviors in the High-Tc Cuprates [electronic resource] : Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of La_2-xSr_xCuO_4
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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2010. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
We have investigated the doping and temperature dependences of the pseudogap/superconducting gap in the single-layer cuprate La{sub 2-x}SrₓCuO₄ by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The results clearly exhibit two distinct energy and temperature scales, namely, the gap around (π, 0) of magnitude Δ* and the gap around the node characterized by the d-wave order parameter δ₀, like the double-layer cuprate Bi2212. In comparison with Bi2212 having higher T{sub c}'s, δ₀ is smaller, while δ* and T& are similar. This result suggests that δ* and T* are approximately material-independent properties of a single Cu0₂ plane, in contrast the material-dependent δ₀, representing the pairing strength.