Abstract
Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we investigated the temperature dependence of the quasiparticle density of states of overdoped between 275 mK and 82 K. Below , the spectra show a gap with well-defined coherence peaks at , which disappear at . Above , the spectra display a clear pseudogap of the same magnitude, gradually filling up and vanishing at . The comparison with demonstrates that the pseudogap and the superconducting gap scale with each other, providing strong evidence that they have a common origin.
- Received 3 January 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4911
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