MECHANISM OF HIGH-Tc SUPERCONDUCTIVITY BASED MAINLY ON TUNNELING MEASUREMENTS IN CUPRATES
2005 ◽
Vol 19
(16)
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pp. 743-770
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Keyword(s):
High Tc
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The main purpose of this brief review is to present a sketch of the mechanism of high-Tc superconductivity based mainly on tunneling measurements in cuprates. In the review, we shall mostly discuss tunneling spectroscopy in Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8. Analysis of the data shows that the Cooper pairs in cuprates are topological excitations (e.g. quasi-one-dimensional bisolitons, discrete breathers etc.), and the phase coherence among the Cooper pairs appears due to spin fluctuations.