Structure of intra-unit cell C$_{4v}$ symmetry breaking domains in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta}$ from SI-STM

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Abstract

Mounting evidence from a number of experimental probes supports the idea that the electronic structure of the cuprate pseudogap phase breaks rotational symmetry. Furthermore, ARPES, neutron scattering and spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscopy (SI-STM) data all point to an intra-unit cell origin. We present new findings for near optimally doped Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$(BSCCO) which elucidate the domains associated with intra-unit cell C$_{4v}$ symmetry breaking in the electronic structure. The analysis method will be motivated by the preceding talk, `Phase Determination of Intra-Unit Cell Fourier Transform STM -- Picometer Registration of Zn Impurity States in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$' given by I. A. Firmo.

Authors

  • Mohammad Hamidian

    Cornell University; Brookhaven National Lab

  • Ines Firmo

    Cornell University; Brookhaven National Lab

  • Kazuhiro Fujita

    Cornell, Cornell University; Brookhaven National Lab, Cornell University

  • Hiroshi Eisaki

    AIST, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial and Science Technology, Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Nanoelectronics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and technology

  • Shin-ichi Uchida

    Tokyo University, University of Tokyo, Japan, University of Tokyo, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo

  • Michael Lawler

    Cornell University

  • Eun-Ah Kim

    Cornell University

  • J.C. Seamus Davis

    Cornell, BNL, St. Andrews Univ., Cornell University; Brookhaven National Lab; University of St. Andrews, Scotland; Kavli Institute, Cornell, Cornell University; Brookhaven National Lab; University of St. Andrews, Scotland; Kavli Institute at Cornell, CMPMS Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, Cornell University, Cornell University, Brookhaven National Lab