Pairing symmetry in cuprate superconductors

CC Tsuei, JR Kirtley - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2000 - APS
Pairing symmetry in the cuprate superconductors is an important and controversial topic.
The recent development of phase-sensitive tests, combined with the refinement of several …

The case for dx2− y2 pairing in the cuprate superconductors

DJ Scalapino - Physics Reports, 1995 - Elsevier
The nature of the orbital structure of the pairs in the superconducting phase of the high-
temperature superconducting cuprates remains one of the central questions in this field …

Superconductivity in two-dimensional CoO2 layers

K Takada, H Sakurai, E Takayama-Muromachi, F Izumi… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Since the discovery of high-transition-temperature (high-T c) superconductivity in layered
copper oxides, many researchers have searched for similar behaviour in other layered metal …

Tunnelling effects on surface bound states in unconventional superconductors

S Kashiwaya, Y Tanaka - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent studies on high-T c superconductors have aroused new interest in tunnelling effects
in unconventional superconductors. Unlike in conventional s-wave superconductors, the d …

Theory of Tunneling Spectroscopy of -Wave Superconductors

Y Tanaka, S Kashiwaya - Physical review letters, 1995 - APS
A tunneling theory for a normal metal–insulator–d-wave superconductor junction is
presented. In contrast to the s-wave superconductor, the tunneling conductance spectra …

Phase-sensitive tests of the symmetry of the pairing state in the high-temperature superconductors—Evidence for symmetry

DJ Van Harlingen - Reviews of Modern Physics, 1995 - APS
Understanding the mechanism responsible for superconductivity in the high-temperature
cuprates has been one of the major goals of condensed-matter physicists since the …

Experimental determination of the superconducting pairing state in YBCO from the phase coherence of YBCO-Pb dc SQUIDs

DA Wollman, DJ Van Harlingen, WC Lee… - Physical Review Letters, 1993 - APS
We present an experiment designed to determine directly the symmetry of the pairing state
in the cuprate superconductors. From the magnetic flux modulation of YBCO-Pb dc SQUIDs …

Theory of Josephson effects in anisotropic superconductors

Y Tanaka, S Kashiwaya - Physical Review B, 1997 - APS
An analytical formula for the dc Josephson current in anisotropic singlet superconductor/
insulator/anisotropic singlet superconductor junctions is presented. The formula is …

Electronic structure and photoemission studies of late transition-metal oxides—Mott insulators and high-temperature superconductors

ZX Shen, DS Dessau - Physics Reports, 1995 - Elsevier
Stimulated by the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, the electronic structure of
late 3d transition-metal oxides is presently one of the most extensively studied subjects in …

Symmetry of the order parameter in the high-Tc superconductor YBa2Cu3O7- δ

JR Kirtley, CC Tsuei, JZ Sun, CC Chi, LS Yu-Jahnes… - Nature, 1995 - nature.com
RECENT discussions of the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity have focused
on the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter (the wavefunction of the …