Doping dependence of the mass enhancement in (Pb,Bi)2Sr2CaCu2O8 at the antinodal point in the superconducting and normal states

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Oct 17;91(16):167002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.167002. Epub 2003 Oct 14.

Abstract

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy is used to study the mass renormalization of the charge carriers in the high-T(c) superconductor (Pb,Bi)2Sr2CaCu2O8 in the vicinity of the (pi,0) point in the superconducting and the normal states. Using matrix element effects at different photon energies and due to a high momentum and energy resolution the bonding and the antibonding bands could be separated in the whole dopant range. A huge coupling to a bosonic collective mode is observed below T(c) for both bands, in particular, for the underdoped case. Above T(c), a weaker coupling to a continuous spectrum of modes is detected.