Atomic Scale Imaging and Spectroscopy of a CuO_2 Plane at the Surface of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+delta}

S. Misra, S. Oh, D. J. Hornbaker +3

We have used a scanning tunneling microscope to demonstrate that a single CuO_2 plane can form a stable and atomically ordered layer at the surface of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+delta}. In…