Visualizing pair formation on the atomic scale in the high-Tc superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d

Kenjiro K. Gomes, Abhay N. Pasupathy, Aakash Pushp +3

Pairing of electrons in conventional superconductors occurs at the superconducting transition temperature Tc, creating an energy gap D in the electronic density of states (DOS). In…