Energy-dependent modulations in the local density of states of the cuprate superconductors
Energy-dependent modulations in the local density of states of the cuprate superconductors
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.67.100506
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发表时间:
2003-03
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Degang Zhang;C. Ting
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作者:
Degang Zhang;C. Ting
Motivated by the recent scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiment [J. E. Hoffman et al., Science 297, 1148 (2002)], we investigate the energy-dependent modulation of local density of states induced by a weak and extended defect in a d-wave superconductor. The Fourier component of the local density of states is calculated up to the first order in the defect parameters. Our numerically obtained image maps together with the energy-dependent charge modulation wave vectors at different dopings exhibit the essential features as those measured by the experiment. We also predict new modulation wave vectors in the first Brillouin zone. Hopefully, they could be verified by future STM experiments.