Zn-inducedTcReduction in High-TcSuperconductors: Scattering in the Presence of a Pseudogap

Abstract
The depression of Tc with fraction y of Zn substitution is studied across the underdoped and overdoped regions in La-214 and (Y,Ca)-123. The overdoped region is well described by elastic scattering at the unitarity limit with a d-wave strong-coupling superconducting order parameter. The underdoped region shows a marked increase in dTc/dy, consistent with unitary scattering in the presence of an anisotropic normal-state pseudogap which depletes the density of states about EF.