The Electronic Nature of High Temperature Cuprate Superconductors

TL;DR

This paper reviews the electronic properties of high-temperature cuprate superconductors, highlighting experimental findings and theoretical explanations, and discusses the energy mechanisms behind their superconducting state.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental results and theoretical models related to the electronic structure of cuprate superconductors.

Findings

Insights from angle resolved photoemission studies

Results from inelastic neutron scattering and optical conductivity

Discussion of energy savings in the superconducting ground state

Abstract

We review the field of high temperature cuprate superconductors, with an emphasis on the nature of their electronic properties. After a general overview of experiment and theory, we concentrate on recent results obtained by angle resolved photoemission, inelastic neutron scattering, and optical conductivity, along with various proposed explanations for these results. We conclude by reviewing efforts which attempt to identify the energy savings involved in the formation of the superconducting ground state.