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Conference Object Probing the Density of States of High Temperature Superconductors With Point Contact Tunneling Spectroscopy(Springer Verlag, 2005) Özyüzer, Lütfi; Zasadzinski, John F.; Miyakawa, Nobuaki; Gray, Kenneth E.Tunneling spectroscopy measurements are performed on single crystals of single CuO2 layer Tl2Ba2CuO6+delta, double CuO2 layer Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta (Bi2212) and polycrystal quadruple CuO2 layer CuBa2Ca3Cu4O12+delta using the point contact tunneling technique. I-V and dI/dV-V characteristics are obtained at 4.2 K. In spite of different number of layers and T-c values, all three high-T-c superconductors exhibit similar spectral features including dip and hump features reminiscent of strong-coupling effects in conventional superconductors. The doping dependence of Bi2212 is studied and several effects of the hole concentration on spectral features are found. A novel effect is that the energy gap increases in the underdoped region even as T-c decreases. Combining the doping dependence of the energy gap and the dip energy provides additional information in order to understand the mechanism of high-T-c superconductivity. Point contact tunneling studies of the doping dependence of the energy gap in Bi2212 also helped to understand local variations of the gap magnitude observed by scanning tunneling microscopy, indicating that this type of spectroscopy is an integral part of the tunneling technique.Article Citation - WoS: 150Citation - Scopus: 7Correlation of Tunneling Spectra in Bi2sr2cacu2o8+? With the Resonance Spin Excitation(American Physical Society, 2001) Zasadzinski, John F.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Miyakawa, Nobuaki; Gray, Kenneth E.; Hinks, David G.; Kendziora, Christopher A.New break-junction tunneling data are reported in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ over a wide range of hole concentration from underdoped (Tc=74k) to optimal doped (Tc=95k) to overdoped (Tc=48k). The conductances exhibit sharp dips at a voltage, Ω/e, measured with respect to the superconducting gap. Clear trends are found such that the dip strength is maximum at optimal doping and that Ω scales as 4.9kTc over the entire doping range. These features link the dip to the resonance spin excitation and suggest quasiparticle interactions with this mode are important for superconductivity.Article Citation - WoS: 16Citation - Scopus: 18Tunneling Studies of Multilayered Superconducting Cuprate (cu,c)ba2ca3cu4o12+?(World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2003) Miyakawa, Nobuaki; Tokiwa, K.; Mikusu, S.; Zasadzinski, John F.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; İshihara, T.; Kaneko, Tsutomu; Watanabe, T.; Gray, Kenneth E.Point contact tunneling data are reported in a multilayered high-T c cuprate (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4O 12+δ with Tc = 117 K. The tunneling spectra in the superconducting state (T ≪ Tc) display spectral features such as well-defined superconducting gap peak at ±Δ as well as dip-hump structures beyond the peaks. In some cases, the spectra with two-gaps have been observed, indicating the coexistence of two inequivalent superconducting layers. The statistical distribution of superconducting gap magnitude suggests two distinct kinds of superconducting gaps that may originate from two inequivalent CuO2 planes, a characteristics of multilayered cuprates with n ≥ 3.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 36Citation - Scopus: 40Thermal Management in Large Bi2212 Mesas Used for Terahertz Sources(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2009) Kurter, Cihan; Gray, Kenneth E.; Zasadzinski, John F.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Koshelev, A. E.; Li, Q.; Yamamoto, T.; Kadowaki, K.; Kwok, W. K.; Tachiki, M.; Welp, U.We present a thermal analysis of a patterned mesa on a Bi 2Sr2CaCu2O8 (Bi2212) single crystal that is based on tunneling characteristics of the c-axis stack of ∼800 intrinsic Josephson junctions in the mesa. Despite the large mesa volume (e.g., 40 × 300 × 1.2 μm3) and power dissipation that result in self-heating and backbending of the current-voltage curve (I-V), there are accessible bias conditions for which significant polarized THz-wave emission can be observed. We estimate the mesa temperature by equating the quasiparticle resistance, Rqp(T), to the ratio V/I over the entire I-V including the backbending region. These temperatures are used to predict the unpolarized black-body radiation reaching our bolometer and there is substantial agreement over the entire I-V. As such, backbending results from the particular R qp (T) for Bi2212, as first discussed by Fenton, rather than a significant suppression of the energy gap. This model also correctly predicts the observed disappearance of backbending above ∼60 K.Article Citation - WoS: 54Citation - Scopus: 55Persistence of Strong Electron Coupling To a Narrow Boson Spectrum in Overdoped Bi2sr2cacu2o8+î Tunneling Data(American Physical Society, 2006) Zasadzinski, John F.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Coffey, L.; Gray, Kenneth E.; Hinks, David G.; Kendziora, Christopher A.A d-wave, Eliashberg analysis of break-junction and STM tunneling spectra on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+Î (Bi2212) reveals that the spectral dip feature is directly linked to strong electronic coupling to a narrow boson spectrum, evidenced by a large peak in I'2F(I). The tunneling dip feature remains robust in the overdoped regime of Bi2212 with bulk Tc values of 56Â Ka62Â K. This is contrary to recent optical conductivity measurements of the self-energy that suggest the narrow boson spectrum disappears in overdoped Bi2212 and therefore cannot be essential for the pairing mechanism. The discrepancy is resolved by considering the way each technique probes the electron self-energy, in particular, the unique sensitivity of tunneling to the off-diagonal or pairing part of the self-energy.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 12Modeling Study of the Dip-Hump Feature in Bi2 Sr2 Cacu2 O8+? Tunneling Spectroscopy(American Physical Society, 2006) Romano, Pierom; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Yusof, Zikri; Kurter, Cihan; Zasadzinski, John F.The tunneling spectra of high-temperature superconductors on Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O8+δ (Bi-2212) reproducibly show a high-bias structure in the form of a dip-hump at voltages higher than the gap voltage. Of central concern is whether this feature originates from the normal state background or is intrinsic to the superconducting mechanism. We address this issue by generating a set of model conductance curves-a "normal state" conductance that takes into account effects such as the band structure and a possible pseudogap, and a pure superconducting state conductance. When combined, the result shows that the dip-hump feature present in the experimental conductance curves cannot be naively attributed to a normal state effect. In particular, strong dip features found in superconductor-insulator-superconductor data on optimally doped Bi-2212, including negative dI dV, cannot be a consequence of an extrinsic pseudogap. However, such features can easily arise from state-conserving deviations in the superconducting density of states, e.g., from strong-coupling effects.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Self-Heating Effect in Intrinsic Tunneling Spectroscopy of Hgbr2 Intercalated Bi2.1sr1.4ca1.5cu 2o8+? Single Crystals(IEEE, 2007) Kurter, Cihan; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Zasadzinski, John F.; Hinks, David G.; Gray, Kenneth E.We report tunneling results in intrinsic Josephson junction (IJJ) stacks fabricated in the form of square micromesas on HgBr2 intercalated Bi2.1Sr1.4Ca1.5Cu2O 8+δ (Bi2212) single crystals using photolithography and Ar ion milling techniques. Self-heating is the most common problem encountered in interlayer tunneling and it is likely to reduce the reliability of IJJ data. Although intercalation reduces heating a hundredfold, it still needs to be minimized substantially in order to approach the authentic superconducting energy gap observed by tunneling using more conventional junctions. We report tunneling characteristics of two mesas with the same height but different sizes (5 × 5 μm2 and 10 × 10 μm2) to show that heating effects are strongly related to IJJ stack size. For the smaller mesa, we observed an energy gap close to that seen in single SIN (S: superconductor, I: insulator, N: normal metal) and SIS break junctions as well as the dip and hump structures at high bias. The subgap data of 5 × 5 μm2 mesa were successfully fit with a momentum averaged d-wave model using convenient parameters. Thus our data is consistent with the predominant pairing symmetry suggested by point contact tunneling, break junction, scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and angle resolved photoemission measurements in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Spin Polarized Current Injection Through Hgbr2 Intercalated Bi2212 Intrinsic Josephson Junctions(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2007) Özyüzer, Lütfi; Kurter, Cihan; Özdemir, Mustafa; Zasadzinski, John F.; Gray, Kenneth E.; Hinks, David G.To investigate the effect of polarized current on tunneling characteristics of intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs), spin-polarized and spin-degenerate current have been injected through the c-axis of HgBr2 intercalated Bi2.1Sr1.5Ca1.4Cu2O 8+δ (Bi2212) single crystals on which 10 × 10 μm 2 mesas have been fabricated. These two spin conditions are achieved by depositing either Au (15 nm)/Co (80 nm)/Au (156 nm) multilayers or single Au film on HgBr2 intercalated Bi2212 with Tc = 74 K followed by photolithography and Ar ion beam etching. The I-V characteristics have been measured with and without a magnetic field parallel to c-axis at 4.2 K. A fine, soft Au wire is used to make a gentle mechanical contact on the top of a particular mesa in the array. Tunneling conductance characteristics were obtained and the magnetic field dependence of sumgap voltage peaks was investigated. These peaks do not change in position with increasing magnetic field for both contact configurations. In addition, the temperature dependence of tunneling characteristics of the IJJs are obtained and existence of pseudogap feature is observed above Tc for HgBr2 intercalated Bi2212.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Redistribution of the Density of States Due To Coulomb Interactions in La2-2x Sr1+2x Mn2 O7(American Physical Society, 2007) Mazur, Daniel; Gray, Kenneth E.; Zasadzinski, John F.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Beloborodov, Igor S.; Zheng, H.; Mitchell, J. F.Tunneling data on La1.28 Sr1.72 Mn2 O7 crystals confirm Coulomb interaction effects through the E dependence of the density of states. Importantly, the data and analysis at high energy E show a pileup of states: most of the states removed from near the Fermi level are found between ∼40 and 130 meV, from which we infer the possibility of universal behavior. The agreement of our tunneling data with recent photoemission results further confirms our analysis.Article Citation - WoS: 19Citation - Scopus: 25Large Energy Gaps in Ca C6 From Tunneling Spectroscopy: Possible Evidence of Strong-Coupling Superconductivity(American Physical Society, 2007) Kurter, Cihan; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Mazur, Daniel; Zasadzinski, John F.; Rosenmann, Daniel; Claus, Helmut; Hinks, David G.; Gray, Kenneth E.Tunneling in Ca C6 crystals reproducibly reveals superconducting gaps Δ of 2.3±0.2 meV that are ∼40% larger than reported earlier. In an isotropic s -wave scenario, that puts Ca C6 into the class of very strongly coupled superconductors, since 2Δ k Tc ∼4.6, implying that soft Ca phonons are primarily involved in the superconductivity. This conclusion explains the relatively large Ca isotope effect found recently for Ca C6, but it could also signal a strong anisotropy in the electron-phonon interaction.
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