Spatial modulations of mid-gap states in (001)La${}_{1.88}$Sr${}_{0.12}$CuO${}_4$ films: Indications for anti-phase ordering of the d-wave order parameter

Abstract

Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy we have investigated the spatial evolution of the anomalous c-axis zero bias conductance peak, discovered in a previous study by our group, in epitaxial La${}_{1.88}$Sr${}_{0.12}$CuO${}_4$ thin films. We found an anisotropic spatial dependence of the corresponding low-energy density of states which complies with the predicted spectral features of an anti-phase ordering of the d-wave order parameter within the ab-plane. Such an ordering was recently suggested to account for the 1/8 anomaly in the high temperature superconductors and the dynamical layer decoupling recently reported to occur in the transport studies of La${}_{15/8}$Ba${}_{1/8}$CuO${}_4$.

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