Abstract
Through a combined scanning tunneling microscopy and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study, we report the observation of two distinct gaps (a small and a large gap) that coexist both in real space and in the antinodal region of momentum space, below the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+δ. We show that the small gap is associated with superconductivity. The large-gap persists above Tc, and seems linked to observed charge ordering. We find a strong correlation between the large and small gaps suggesting that they are affected by similar physical processes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 207002 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 101 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 13 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy