| This work contains angle resolved photoemission data from bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide (BSCCO) material chosen for convenience with respect to the experimental technique. In particular, the studies included O doped BSCCO, single plane BSCCO, and Zn doped BSCCO. O doping, a common tool for altering the carrier concentration, helped to establish the origin of Tc as being limited by either phase fluctuations or the superconductor pairing strength. While reestablishing the agreement of the data with d-wave pairing, the data also demonstrated the relevant energy scales of interest across the doping regime. In studying single plane BSCCO as a function of carrier concentration, d-wave pairing again was reinforced and the limiting factors of Tc in the single layered compound proved to be quite similar to that of the bilayer compound. The results for Zn doped BSCCO are presented in a more phenomenological flavor. Significant changes occurred in the spectra such as the suppression of the superconducting dip and the spectral peak along GY. While a unique microscopic theory does not readily present itself, these are dramatic changes to key portions of BSCCO spectra. Also, an anomalous change of spectral weight appeared in this material. |
