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Journal Articles Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015) Year : 2015

Three energy scales in the superconducting state of hole-doped cuprates detected by electronic Raman scattering

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We explored by electronic Raman scattering the superconducting state of Bi-2212 single crystal by performing a fine tuned doping study. We found three distinct energy scales in A1g, B1g and B2g symmetries which show three distinct doping dependencies. Above p=0.22 the three energies merge, below p=0.12, the A1g scale is no more detectable while the B1g and B2g scales become constant in energy. In between, the A1g and B1g scales increase monotonically with under-doping while the B2g one exhibits a maximum at p=0.16. The three superconducting energy scales appear to be an universal feature of hole-doped cuprates. We propose that the non trivial doping dependence of the three scales originates from Fermi surface topology changes and reveals competing orders inside the superconducting dome.

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cea-01349758 , version 1 (28-07-2016)

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S. Benhabib, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, M. -A. Measson, R. D. Zhong, et al.. Three energy scales in the superconducting state of hole-doped cuprates detected by electronic Raman scattering. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2015, ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.92.134502⟩. ⟨cea-01349758⟩
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