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To investigate the origin of the enhanced $T_c$ ($\approx$ 110 K) of the trilayer cuprate superconductor Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{10+\delta}$ (Bi-2223), we have performed systematic magnetoresistance (MR) measurements on this…
The oxygen dopants are essential in tuning electronic properties of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Ca$_{n-1}$Cu$_n$O$_{2n+4+\delta}$ superconductors. Here we apply the technique of scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to study the influence of…
An elastic neutron scattering study has been performed on several single crystals of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ for {\it x} near the lower critical concentration {\it x$_{c}$} for superconductivity. % In the insulating spin-glass phase…
The effects of structural supermodulation with the period $\lambda \approx26$ \AA \ along the $b$-axis of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ have been observed in photoemission studies from the early days as the presence of diffraction…
Many theoretical models of high temperature superconductivity focus only on the doping dependence of the CuO2 plane electronic structure. But such models are manifestly insufficient to explain the strong variations in superconducting…
The infinite-layer cuprate $A$CuO$_2$ ($A=$ Ca, Sr, Ba) has the simplest crystal structure among numerous cuprate superconductors and can serve a prototypical system to explore the unconventional superconductivity. Based on the…
The local density of states power spectrum of optimally doped Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+x}$ (BSCCO) has been interpreted in terms of quasiparticle interference peaks corresponding to an "octet'' of scattering wave vectors connecting…
By means of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy, we report on the electronic structures of BiO and SrO planes of Bi2Sr2CuO6+{\delta} (Bi-2201) superconductor prepared by argon-ion bombardment and annealing. Depending on post…
The operational dc-SQUID based on intrinsic Josephson junctions in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu2O$_{8+\delta}$ high-$T_c$ superconductor is fabricated and studied. The novel in-plane loop layout and the developed in-situ endpoint detection method…
Unconventional superconductors that spontaneously break space-group symmetries of their underlying crystal lattice are distinguished by spatial modulations of the superconducting order parameter. These states have recently captured…
Although their crystal structures are complex, all high temperature superconductors contain some crystal planes consisting of only Cu and O atoms in a square lattice. Superconductivity is believed to originate from strongly interacting…
We have performed temperature dependent tunneling conductance spectroscopy on Fe/Ag/Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (BSCCO) planar junctions. The multilayered Fe counterelectrode was designed to probe the proximity region of the ab-plane of BSCCO. The…
Interlayer coupling effects between high mobility two-dimensional superconductors are studied in bilayer delta-doped SrTiO3 heterostructures. By tuning the undoped SrTiO3 spacer layer between the dopant planes, clear tunable coupling is…
We argue that recent measurements on both the superfluid density and the optical conductivity of high-quality LSCO films can be understood almost entirely within the theory of disordered BCS d-wave superconductors. The large scattering…
We analyzed the in-plane and out-of-plane magnetoresistance (MR) for overdoped Bi$_{1.6}$Pb$_{0.4}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta}$ (Bi-2212) single crystals using superconductive fluctuation theory, which considers the density-of-states…
Recent experimental study on Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+x}$ superconductors has revealed an unexpected quantum phase transition from superconducting state to insulatinglike state under pressure [Zhou et al., Nat. Phys. 18, 406 (2022)]. To…
Granular superconductivity occurs when microscopic superconducting grains are separated by non-superconducting regions through which they communicate by Josephson tunneling to establish the macroscopic superconducting state [1]. Although…
Tunneling measurements have been carried out on heavily underdoped, slightly overdoped and partially Ni-substituted Bi2212 single crystals by using a break-junction technique. We find that in-plane tunneling spectra below Tc are the…
We present a detailed analysis on the hopping between monolayer CuO$_2$ and bulk CuO$_2$ plane in the Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ substrate. With a two-band model, we demonstrate that the nodeless gap can only exist when the hole…
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on cleaved BSCCO(2212) single crystals reveal inhomogeneities on length-scales of $\sim$30 $\AA$. While most of the surface yields spectra consistent with a d-wave superconductor, small regions show a doubly…