Superconducting energy gap in Bi1.8Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+ delta studied by photoemission spectroscopy

London penetration depth in the tight binding approximation: orthorhombic distortion and oxygen isotope effects in cuprates

We present a simple derivation of an expression for the superfluid density n(s) α 1/λ(2) in superconductors with the tight binding energy dispersion. The derived expression is discussed in detail because of its distinction from the known expressions for ordinary superconductors with parabolic energy dispersion. We apply this expression for the experimental data analysis of the isotope effect in London penetration depth parameter λ in the BiSrCuO and YBaCuO family compounds near optimal doping, taking into account the orthorhombic distortion of crystal structure, and estimate the isotopic change of hopping parameters from the experimental data. We point out that 1/λ(2) temperature behaviour is very sensitive to the ratio 2Δ(m)(T = 0)/k(B)T(c) and estimate this quantity for a number of compounds.

Low energy excitation and scaling in Bi(2)Sr(2)Ca(n-1)Cu(n)O(2n+4) (n=1-3): angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) has been performed on the single- to triple-layered Bi-family high-T (c) superconductors (Bi(2)Sr(2)Ca(n-1)Cu(n)O(2n+4), n=1-3). We found a sharp coherent peak as well as a pseudogap at the Fermi level in the triple-layered compound. Comparison among three compounds has revealed a universal rule that the characteristic energies of superconducting and pseudogap behaviors are scaled with the maximum T (c).