Analysis of Magnetic Field-Angle Dependent Electronic Raman Scattering to Probe the Superconducting Gap

Abstract: We study the field-angle resolved electronic Raman scattering in 2-dimensional d-wave superconducting vortex states theoretically by quasi-classical approximation, the so-called Doppler-shift method. An analytic expression is obtained for the field angle dependence of the Raman scattering amplitude at zero temperature. After numerical integration, we obtain the scattering intensity for various field angles by changing the Raman shift energy. Field-angle resolved electronic Raman scattering turns out to be an effective method for probing unconventional superconducting gap structures. It shows a novel phenomenon: reversal of extrema as a function of frequency without changing temperature or field magnitude.