Tunneling Spectral Dip Feature in High Tc Cuprates: Experiment and Analysis

A fully self-consistent Eliashberg analysis is presented to analyze the spectral dip feature observed in tunnel junctions on Bi2212. Methods include SIS break junctions, intrinsic Josephson junctions in mesas and SIN junctions from STM. This analysis is presented for a variety of doping levels and the resulting electron-boson spectral function and self-energy is compared with other spectroscopic probes. Evidence of spectral dip features in other high Tc cuprates is presented including Tl2212 to demonstrate the universality of the spectral dip and its relation to the mechanism of pairing.