Correlation of pseudogap, superconducting ordering and superconducting fluctuations with electron–phonon interactions in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

• Published in: New journal of physics Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 033023 - 33029
• Main Authors: Li, Yong, Liang, Weizheng, Li, Ning, Chen, Yongliang, Luo, S N, Zhao, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Coherence length; Cooper pairs; electron–phonon interaction; Elementary excitations; femtosecond transient optical spectroscopy; High temperature superconductors; Phonons; Physics; pseudogap and superconducting state; Superconductivity; Temperature dependence; Transition temperature
• ISSN: 1367-2630
• DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac572b

The relationship between anomalous pseudogap and superconducting states is a fascinating but controversial subject in high temperature superconductors. Here, we investigate the different quasiparticle dynamics with femtosecond transient optical spectroscopy in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ at 3–250 K. Below Tc, these results reveal the coexistence of the anomalous pseudogap and superconducting states. On the basis of the Mattis–Bardeen formula for the Cooper-pairing superconducting gap and the Kabanov model for the pseudogap state, the measurements yield a temperature-dependent superconducting gaps and two temperature-independent pseudogaps below and above the superconducting transition Tc. Above the superconducting transition temperature, the pseudogap state can be explained as an incipient condensation of Cooper pairs with short coherence length. The quasiparticle dynamics in the superconducting and pseudogap states are correlated well with electron–phonon interaction characteristics.