Spatial modulations of mid-gap states in (001)La$_{1.88}$Sr$_{0.12}$CuO$_4$ films: Indications for anti-phase ordering of the d-wave order parameter

Autor: Yuli, Ofer, Asulin, Itay, Koren, Gad, Millo, Oded
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. B 81, 024516 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.024516
Popis: Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy we have investigated the spatial evolution of the anomalous c-axis zero bias conductance peak, discovered in a previous study by our group, in epitaxial La$_{1.88}$Sr$_{0.12}$CuO$_4$ thin films. We found an anisotropic spatial dependence of the corresponding low-energy density of states which complies with the predicted spectral features of an anti-phase ordering of the d-wave order parameter within the ab-plane. Such an ordering was recently suggested to account for the 1/8 anomaly in the high temperature superconductors and the dynamical layer decoupling recently reported to occur in the transport studies of La$_{15/8}$Ba$_{1/8}$CuO$_4$.
Comment: Revised version with editorial title change, added clarifications and references. 7 pages 6 figs
Databáze: arXiv