Pairing symmetry in single-layer tetragonal Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta superconductors

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作者
Tsuei, CC
Kirtley, JR
Rupp, M
Sun, JZ
Gupta, A
Ketchen, MB
Wang, CA
Ren, ZF
Wang, JH
Bhushan, M
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[1] SUNY BUFFALO,SUPERCONDUCTING MAT LAB,BUFFALO,NY 14260
[2] SUNY STONY BROOK,DEPT PHYS,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
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10.1126/science.271.5247.329
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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A high-resolution scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy study of tetragonal single-layer Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta films, deposited on tricrystal SrTiO3 substrates, demonstrates the effect of spontaneously generated half flux quanta. This observation shows that in addition to YBa2Cu2O7, the order parameter symmetry in Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta is consistent with that of a d(x?2-y)(2) pair state. This result also rules out any bilayer or twinning effects and any pairing that is incompatible with the fourfold rotational symmetry as in the Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta superconducting system.
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