PAIR MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION IN BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA MEASURED BY POSITRON-ANNIHILATION - EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF THE FERMI-SURFACE

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CHAN, LP
HARSHMAN, DR
LYNN, KG
MASSIDDA, S
MITZI, DB
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS, N ANDOVER, MA 01845 USA
[2] PHB ECUBLENS, INST ROMAND RECH NUMER PHYS MAT, CH-105 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
[3] STANFORD UNIV, DEPT PHYS, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1350
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report the first measurement of the positron-electron momentum density in superconducting single-crystal Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 + delta (T(c) almost-equal-to 90 K). The observed anisotropy exhibits a twofold (rather than fourfold) symmetry, which is attributed to the superlattice modulation along the b axis of the BiO2 layers. Subtraction of the superlattice contribution also reveals a pair momentum distribution consistent with the CuO2 and BiO2 Fermi surfaces, and in reasonable agreement with the theoretical pair momentum density derived from band theory.
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