Spin and phonon contribution to the superconductivity in La2−xSrxCuO4 Original Research Article

Anisotropy of high-energy spin excitations and low-energy conductive electronic excitations in Raman spectra can be interpreted, if quantum spin fluctuation is weak. The low-energy states at (π/2, π/2) in the underdoped phase are composed of insulating states induced by the insulator–metal transition and the conductive states induced by electron–phonon coupling. The superconducting states are created in the latter states and the pairing symmetry is s or d(xy). On the other hand, the electronic states at (π, 0) in the overdoped phase are electron–spin coupled states and the pairing symmetry is d(x2−y2).