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Transport and Boundary Scattering in Confined Geometries: Analytical Results
cond-mat.supr-con
We utilize a geometric argument to determine the effects of boundary scattering on the carrier mean-free path in samples of various cross sections. Analytic expressions for samples with rectangular and circular cross sections are obtained. We also outline a method for incorporating these results into calculations of th...
physics
7,001
Quantum Interference on the Kagomé Lattice
cond-mat.supr-con
We study quantum interference effects due to electron motion on the Kagom\'e lattice in a perpendicular magnetic field. These effects arise from the interference between phase factors associated with different electron closed-paths. From these we compute, analytically and numerically, the superconducting-normal phase b...
physics
7,002
Theory of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Probe of Impurity States in a D-Wave Superconductor
cond-mat.supr-con
Scanning tunneling microscopy can provide a probe for the detailed study of quasiparticle states in high-Tc superconductors. We propose that it can also be used to acquire specific information about impurity-induced quasiparticle states and the superconducting order-parameter structure. In particular, the local density...
physics
7,003
Effects of Interlayer Interaction on the Superconducting State in YBCO
cond-mat.supr-con
For a two layer system in a weak coupling BCS formalism any interlayer interaction, regardless of its sign, enhances the critical temperature. The sign has an effect upon the relative phase of the order parameter in each of the two planes but not upon its magnitude. When one of the planes has a dispersion consistent wi...
physics
7,004
Superfluid Bosons and Flux Liquids: Disorder, Thermal Fluctuations, and Finite-Size Effects
cond-mat.supr-con
The influence of different types of disorder (both uncorrelated and correlated) on the superfluid properties of a weakly interacting or dilute Bose gas, as well as on the corresponding quantities for flux line liquids in high-temperature superconductors at low magnetic fields are reviewed, investigated and compared. We...
physics
7,005
Similarity renormalization of the electron--phonon coupling
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the problem of the phonon-induced electron-electron interaction in a solid. Starting with a Hamiltonian that contains an electron-phonon interaction, we perform a similarity renormalization transformation to calculate an effective Hamiltonian. Using this transformation singularities due to degeneracies are avo...
physics
7,006
High-T_c Superconductivity and Shadow State Formation in YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6+δ} and Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+δ}
cond-mat.supr-con
The normal and superconducting state of YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6+\delta} and Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+\delta} are investigated by using the mono- and bilayer Hubbard model within the fluctuation exchange approximation and a proper description of the Fermi surface topology. The inter- and intra-layer interactions, the renormal...
physics
7,007
Simple Ginzburg-Landau Theory for Vortices in a Crystal Lattice
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the Ginzburg-Landau model with a nonlocal quartic term as a simple phenomenological model for superconductors in the presence of coupling between the vortex lattice and the underlying crystal lattice. In mean-field theory, our model is consistent with a general oblique vortex lattice ranging from a triangular ...
physics
7,008
First-Order Melting of a Moving Vortex Lattice: Effects of Disorder
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the melting of a moving vortex lattice through numerical simulations with the current driven 3D XY model with disorder. We find that there is a first-order phase transition even for large disorder when the corresponding equilibrium transition is continuous. The low temperature phase is an anisotropic moving gl...
physics
7,009
Generalized London free energy for high-$T_c$ vortex lattices
cond-mat.supr-con
We generalize the London free energy to include four-fold anisotropies which could arise from d-wave pairing or other sources in a tetragonal material. We use this simple model to study vortex lattice structure and discuss neutron scattering, STM, Bitter decoration and $\mu$SR experiments.
physics
7,010
Mean field analysis of a model for superconductivity in an antiferromagnetic background
cond-mat.supr-con
We study a lattice fermion model for superconductivity in the presence of an antiferromagnetic background, described as a fixed external staggered magnetic field. We discuss the possibility that our model provides an effective description of coexistence of antiferromagnetic correlations and superconductivity, and its p...
physics
7,011
New features in the microwave response of YBCO crystals: Evidence for a multi-component order parameter
cond-mat.supr-con
New features are reported in precision measurements of the complex microwave conductivity of high quality $YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6.95}$ crystals grown in $BaZrO_{3}$ crucibles. A third peak in the normal conductivity, $\sigma_{1}(T)$, at around $80K$, and enhanced pair conductivity $\sigma_{2}(T)$ below $\sim 65K$ are observ...
physics
7,012
Unconventional Pairing in Heavy Fermion Metals
cond-mat.supr-con
The Fermi-liquid theory of superconductivity is applicable to a broad range of systems that are candidates for unconventional pairing. Fundamental differences between unconventional and conventional anisotropic superconductors are illustrated by the unique effects that impurities have on the low-temperature transport p...
physics
7,013
Flux penetration in slab shaped Type-I superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the problem of flux penetration into type--I superconductors with high demagnetization factor (slab geometry).Assuming that the interface between the normal and superconducting regions is sharp, that flux diffuses rapidly in the normal regions, and that thermal effects are negligible, we analyze the process by...
physics
7,014
Mutual influence of structural distortion and superconductivity in systems with degenerate bands
cond-mat.supr-con
The interplay between the band Jahn-Teller distortion and the superconductivity is studied for the system whose Fermi level lies in two-fold degenerate band. Assuming that the lattice distortion is coupled to the orbital electron density and the superconductivity arises due to BCS pairing mechanism between the electron...
physics
7,015
Critical properties of two-dimensional Josephson junction arrays with zero-point quantum fluctuations
cond-mat.supr-con
We present results from an extensive analytic and numerical study of a two-dimensional model of a square array of ultrasmall Josephson junctions. We include the ultrasmall self and mutual capacitances of the junctions, for the same parameter ranges as those produced in the experiments. The model Hamiltonian studied inc...
physics
7,016
Induction of non-d-wave order-parameter components by currents in d-wave superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
It is shown, within the framework of the Ginzburg-Landau theory for a superconductor with d_{x^2-y^2} symmetry, that the passing of a supercurrent through the sample results, in general, in the induction of order-parameter components of distinct symmetry. The induction of s-wave and d_{xy(x^2-y^2)-wave components are c...
physics
7,017
Logarithmic divergence of normal state resistivity of bipolaronic high-$T_{c}$ cuprates
cond-mat.supr-con
The resonance Wigner scattering of charged bosons (small bipolarons) in a random potential leads to logarithmically divergent low-temperature resistivity as observed in several cuprates. Unusual temperature dependence of resistivity of $La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}$ as well as of the Hall effect is quantitatively described in...
physics
7,018
Singularity of the Vortex Density of States in d-wave Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
In d-wave superconductors, the electronic density of states (DOS) induced by a vortex exhibits 1/|E| divergency at low energies. It is the result of gap nodes in the excitations spectrum outside the vortex core. The heat capacity in two regimes, (T/T_c)^2 >> B/B_{c2} and (T/T_c)^2 << B/B_{c2}, is discussed.
physics
7,019
Superconducting transition induced by columnar disorder in strong magnetic field
cond-mat.supr-con
The superconducting transition in presence of strong columnar disorder parallel to the magnetic field is considered. A solvable model appropriate for description of the broad crossover regime towards the true "glassy" critical behavior is constructed, and the behavior of the thermodynamic quantities and of the Edwards-...
physics
7,020
The Effects of d_{x^2-y^2}-d_{xy} Mixing on Vortex Structures and Magnetization
cond-mat.supr-con
The structure of an isolated single vortex and the vortex lattice, and the magnetization in a $d$-wave superconductor are investigated within a phenomenological Ginzburg-Landau (GL) model including the mixture of the $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave and $d_{xy}$-wave symmetry. The isolated single vortex structure in a week magnetic ...
physics
7,021
Scattering theory of superconductive tunneling in quantum junctions
cond-mat.supr-con
We present a consistent theory of superconductive tunneling in single-mode junctions within a scattering formulation of Bogoliubov-de Gennes quantum mechanics. Both dc Josephson effect and dc quasiparticle transport in voltage biased junctions are considered. Elastic quasiparticle scattering by the junction determines ...
physics
7,022
d_{x^2-y^2} Pair Domain Walls
cond-mat.supr-con
Using the density matrix renormalization group, we study domain wall structures in the t-J model at a hole doping of x=1/8. We find that the domain walls are composed of d_{x^2-y^2} pairs and that the regions between the domain walls have antiferromagnetic correlations that are pi phase shifted across a domain wall. At...
physics
7,023
Hall Effect in the mixed state of moderately clean superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
The Hall conductivity in the mixed state of a clean ($l \gg \xi_0$) type-II s-wave superconductor is determined from a microscopic calculation within a quasiclassical approximation. We find that below the superconducting transition the contribution to the transverse conductivity due to dynamical fluctuations of the ord...
physics
7,024
Finite Size and Current Effects on IV Characteristics of Josephson Junction Arrays
cond-mat.supr-con
The effects of finite size and of finite current on the current-voltage characteristics of Josephson junction arrays is studied both theoretically and by numerical simulations. The cross-over from non-linear to linear behavior at low temperature is shown to be a finite size effect and the non-linear behavior at higher ...
physics
7,025
Stability of Elastic Glass Phases in Random Field XY Magnets and Vortex Lattices in Type II Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
A description of a dislocation-free elastic glass phase in terms of domain walls is developed and used as the basis of a renormalization group analysis of the energetics of dislocation loops added to the system. It is found that even after optimizing over possible paths of large dislocation loops, their energy is still...
physics
7,026
Phase Transitions in a Model Anisotropic High Tc Superconductor
cond-mat.supr-con
We carry out simulations of the anisotropic uniformly frustrated 3D XY model, as a model for vortex line fluctuations in high Tc superconductors. We compute the phase diagram as a function of temperature and anisotropy, for a fixed applied magnetic field. We find that superconducting coherence parallel to the field per...
physics
7,027
Theory of Thermal Conductivity in YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-δ}
cond-mat.supr-con
We calculate the electronic thermal conductivity in a d-wave superconductor, including both the effect of impurity scattering and inelastic scattering by antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations. We analyze existing experiments, particularly with regard to the question of the relative importance of electronic and phononic c...
physics
7,028
Poisson Brackets Scheme for Vortex Dynamics in Superfluids and Superconductors and Effect of Band Structure of Crystal
cond-mat.supr-con
Poisson brackets for the Hamiltonian dynamics of vortices are discussed for 3 regimes, in which the dissipation can be neglected and the vortex dynamics is reversible: (i) The superclean regime when the spectral flow is suppressed. (ii) The regime when the fermions are pinned by crystal lattice. This includes also the ...
physics
7,029
Critical temperature and superfluid density suppression in disordered high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We argue that the standard Abrikosov-Gorkov (AG) type theory of $T_c$ in disordered $d$-wave superconductors breaks down in short coherence length high-$T_c$ cuprates. Numerical calculations within the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism demonstrate that the correct description of such systems must allow for the spatial var...
physics
7,030
Self-consistent scattering description of transport in normal-superconductor structures
cond-mat.supr-con
We present a scattering description of transport in several normal-superconductor structures. We show that the related requirements of self-consistency and current conservation introduce qualitative changes in the transport behavior when the current in the superconductor is not negligible. The energy thresholds for qua...
physics
7,031
Boundary conditions for quasiclassical equations in the theory of superconductivity
cond-mat.supr-con
In this paper we derive effective boundary conditions connecting the quasiclassical Green's function through tunnel barriers in superconducting - normal hybrid (S-N or S-S') structures in the dirty limit. Our work extends previous treatments confined to the small transparency limit. This is achieved by an expansion in ...
physics
7,032
Spectral Properties of Quasiparticle Excitations Induced by Magnetic Moments in Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
The consequences of localized, classical magnetic moments in superconductors are explored and their effect on the spectral properties of the intragap bound states is studied. Above a critical moment, a localized quasiparticle excitation in an s-wave superconductor is spontaneously created near a magnetic impurity, indu...
physics
7,033
Superconductivity in the three-leg Hubbard ladder: a Quantum Monte Carlo study
cond-mat.supr-con
Quantum Monte Carlo method is used to look into the superconductivity in the three-leg Hubbard ladder. The enhanced correlation for the pairing across the central and edge chains, which has been predicted in the weak-coupling renormalization as an effect of coexistence of gapful and gapless spin modes, is here shown to...
physics
7,034
Flux noise in high-temperature superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
Spontaneously created vortex-antivortex pairs are the predominant source of flux noise in high-temperature superconductors. In principle, flux noise measurements allow to check theoretical predictions for both the distribution of vortex-pair sizes and for the vortex diffusivity. In this paper the flux-noise power spect...
physics
7,035
Absence of Translational Ordering in Driven Vortex Lattices
cond-mat.supr-con
By using finite temperature molecular dynamics simulations, we consider the question of the existence of dynamical ordering as a two dimensional vortex lattice is driven through a random background potential. The shape of the current-voltage(I-V) characteristics are qualitatively the same as those seen in experiments o...
physics
7,036
Fluctuations in the Lattice Ginzburg-Landau model
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Temporarly withdrawn. Larger version of this review is currently in preparation.
physics
7,037
Anomalous superconducting state gap size versus Tc behavior in underdoped Bi_2Sr_2Ca_1-xDy_xCu_2O_8+d
cond-mat.supr-con
We report angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements of the excitation gap in underdoped superconducting thin films of Bi_2Sr_2Ca_{1-x}Dy_xCu_2O_{8+d}. As Tc is reduced by a factor of 2 by underdoping, the superconducting state gap \Delta does not fall proportionally, but instead stays constant or increases...
physics
7,038
Doping dependent quasiparticle band structure in cuprate superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We present an exact diagonalization study of the single particle spectral function in the so-called t-t'-t''-J model in 2D. As a key result, we find that unlike the `pure' t-J model, hole doping leads to a major reconstruction of the quasiparticle band structure near (pi,0): whereas for the undoped system the quasipart...
physics
7,039
The effect of field tilting on the dynamics of vortices pinned by correlated disorder
cond-mat.supr-con
Low-temperature dynamics of flux lines in high temperature, type II, superconductors in the presence of correlated disorder in the form of columnar defects is discussed. The effect of tilting the applied magnetic field with respect to the column's directions is considered, using the non-Hermitian quantum mechanics tech...
physics
7,040
Properties of Phase transitions of a Higher Order
cond-mat.supr-con
The following is a thermodynamic analysis of a III order (and some aspects of a IV order) phase transition. Such a transition can occur in a superconductor if the normal state is a diamagnet. The equation for a phase boundary in an H-T (H is the magnetic field, T, the temperature) plane is derived. by considering two p...
physics
7,041
Memory function approach to the Hall constant in strongly correlated electron systems: Part II
cond-mat.supr-con
The anomalous frequency and doping dependence of the Hall constant in the normal state of high-T_c superconductors are investigated within models of strongly correlated electron systems. In Mori theory, the transition of the Hall constant from infinite to zero frequency is described by a memory function. It naturally i...
physics
7,042
Angular position of nodes in the superconducting gap of YBCO
cond-mat.supr-con
The thermal conductivity of a YBCO single crystal has been studied as a function of the relative orientation of the crystal axes and a magnetic field rotating in the Cu-O planes. Measurements were carried out at several temperatures below T_c and at a fixed field of 30 kOe. A four-fold symmetry characteristic of a supe...
physics
7,043
Fractional vortices on grain boundaries --- the case for broken time reversal symmetry in high temperature superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We discuss the problem of broken time reversal symmetry near grain boundaries in a d-wave superconductor based on a Ginzburg-Landau theory. It is shown that such a state can lead to fractional vortices on the grain boundary. Both analytical and numerical results show the structure of this type of state.
physics
7,044
Pseudogap State in High-$T_c$ Superconductors: an Infrared Study
cond-mat.supr-con
We report on a study of the electromagnetic response of three different families of high-T_c superconductors that in combination allowed us to cover the whole doping range from under- to overdoped. The discussion is focused on the ab-plane charge dynamics in the {\it pseudogap state} which is realized in underdoped mat...
physics
7,045
Vortex Quantum Nucleation and Tunneling in Superconducting Thin Films: Role of Dissipation and Periodic Pinning
cond-mat.supr-con
We investigate the phenomenon of decay of a supercurrent in a superconducting thin film in the absence of an applied magnetic field. The resulting zero-temperature resistance derives from two equally possible mechanisms: 1) quantum tunneling of vortices from the edges of the sample; and 2) homogeneous quantum nucleatio...
physics
7,046
Magnetic Dynamics in Underdoped YBCO: Direct Observation of a Superconducting Gap
cond-mat.supr-con
Polarized and unpolarized triple-axis spectrometry has been used to study an underdoped YBa_2Cu3O6.6. Our results indicate that spin excitations in the superconducting state are essentially the same as those in the fully doped material except that the unusual 41 meV resonance is observed at 34.8 meV. The normal state s...
physics
7,047
Scaling of the quasiparticle spectrum for d-wave superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
In finite magnetic field H, the excitation spectrum of the low energy quasiparticles in a 2 dimensional d-wave superconductor exhibits a scaling with respect to $H^{1/2}$. This property can be used to calculate scaling relations for various physical quantities at low temperature T. As examples, we make predictions for ...
physics
7,048
Strong coupling theory of impure superconductors : real space formalism
cond-mat.supr-con
In the electron-phonon model, the influence of nonmagnetic impurities on the transition temperature of superconductors is revisited. Anderson's pairing condition between time-reversed eigenstate pairs is derived from the physical constraint of the Anomalous Green's function. After this pairing condition is incorporated...
physics
7,049
Random Matrix Model for Superconductors in a Magnetic Field
cond-mat.supr-con
We introduce a random matrix ensemble for bulk type-II superconductors in the mixed state and determine the single-particle excitation spectrum using random matrix theory. The results are compared with planar tunnel junction experiments in PbBi thin films. More low energy states appear than in the Abrikosov-Gor'kov-Mak...
physics
7,050
Superconductivity in Fullerides
cond-mat.supr-con
Experimental studies of superconductivity properties of fullerides are briefly reviewed. Theoretical calculations of the electron-phonon coupling, in particular for the intramolecular phonons, are discussed extensively. The calculations are compared with coupling constants deduced from a number of different experimenta...
physics
7,051
Generalized Ginzburg-Landau theory for non-uniform FFLO superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We derive a generalized Ginzburg-Landau (GL) functional near the tricritical point in the (T,H)-phase diagram for the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superconducting state, in 1,2, and 3 dimensions. We find that the transition from the normal to the FFLO state is of second order in 1 and 2 dimensions, and the o...
physics
7,052
Local density of states in the vortex lattice in a type II superconductor
cond-mat.supr-con
Local density of states (LDOS) in the triangular vortex lattice is investigated based on the quasi-classical Eilenberger theory. We consider the case of an isotropic s-wave superconductor with the material parameter appropriate to NbSe_2. At a weak magnetic field, the spatial variation of the LDOS shows cylindrical str...
physics
7,053
Critical Fields of mesoscopic superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
Recent measurements have shown oscillations in the upper critical field of simply connected mesoscopic superconductors. A quantitative theory of these effects is given here on the basis of a Ginzburg-Landau description. For small fields, the $H-T$ phase boundary exhibits a cusp where the screening currents change sign ...
physics
7,054
A Comparison of the High-Frequency Magnetic Fluctuations in Insulating and Superconducting La2-xSrxCuO4
cond-mat.supr-con
Inelastic neutron scattering performed at a spallation source is used to make absolute measurements of the dynamic susceptibility of insulating La2CuO4 and superconducting La2-xSrxCuO4 over the energy range 15<EN<350 meV. The effect of Sr doping on the magnetic excitations is to cause a large broadening in wavevector a...
physics
7,055
Superconductivity Suppression Close to the Metal-Insulator Transition in Strongly Disordered Systems
cond-mat.supr-con
On the basis of the recently proposed self-consistent theory of metal- insulator transition in strongly disordered systems, taking into account interaction effects, we study transition temperature $T_{c}$ suppression in disordered superconductors for the wide disorder interval --- from weakly disordered metal up to And...
physics
7,056
Evolution of the Fermi surface with carrier concentration in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+δ}
cond-mat.supr-con
We show, by use of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, that underdoped Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} appears to have a large Fermi surface centered at (\pi,\pi), even for samples with a T_c as low as 15 K. No clear evidence of a Fermi surface pocket around (\pi/2,\pi/2) has been found. These conclusions are based o...
physics
7,057
Phonon Anomalies Induced by Superconductivity
cond-mat.supr-con
We calculate the electronic polarizability in the superconducting state near extremum vectors ${\vec Q}_0$ of the Fermi surface. A pole appears in the polarizability at frequencies $\omega$ near the superconducting gap $2\Delta$ which leads to a sharp peak at $\omega$ just below $2 \Delta$ in the lattice vibrations nea...
physics
7,058
A Survey of the Van Hove Scenario for High-T_c Superconductivity With Special Emphasis on Pseudogaps and Striped Phases
cond-mat.supr-con
The Van Hove singularity (VHS) provides a paradigm for the study of the role of peaks in the density of states (dos) on electronic properties. More importantly, it appears to play a major role in the physics of the high-T_c superconductors, particularly since recent photoemission studies have found that the VHS is clos...
physics
7,059
Spin Dynamics in an Ordered Stripe Phase
cond-mat.supr-con
Inelastic neutron scattering has been used to measure the low-energy spin excitations in the ordered charge-stripe phase of La(2)NiO(4+d) with d=0.133. Spin-wave-like excitations disperse away from the incommensurate magnetic superlattice points with a velocity ~60% of that in the d=0 compound. Incommensurate inelastic...
physics
7,060
Slow antiferromagnetic dynamics in the low temperature tetragonal phase of La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 as revealed by ESR of Gd spin probes
cond-mat.supr-con
Measuring the ESR of Gd spin probes we have studied the magnetic properties of the copper oxide planes in the low temperature tetragonal (LTT) phase of Eu doped La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4. The data give evidence that at particular levels of Sr and Eu doping the frequency of the antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the LTT phase dr...
physics
7,061
Vortices and 2D bosons: A Path-Integral Monte Carlo Study
cond-mat.supr-con
The vortex system in a high-T_c superconductor has been studied numerically using the mapping to 2D bosons and the path-integral Monte Carlo method. We find a single first-order transition from an Abrikosov lattice to an entangled vortex liquid. The transition is characterized by an entropy jump dS = 0.4 k_B per vortex...
physics
7,062
Bose glass and Mott insulator phase in the disordered boson Hubbard model
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the Villain representation of the two-dimensional disordered boson Hubbard model via Monte Carlo simulations. It is shown that the probability distribution of the local susceptibility has a 1/\chi^2-tail in the Bose glass phase. This gives rise to a divergence although particles are completely localized here a...
physics
7,063
The Critical Temperature of an Anisotropic Superconductor in the Presence of a Homogeneous Magnetic Field and Impurities
cond-mat.supr-con
The effect of a homogeneous magnetic field and nonmagnetic impurities on the critical temperature of an anisotropic superconductor has been investigated. The role of these pair-breakers in relation to the anisotropy of the order parameter is clarified.
physics
7,064
Weak anisotropic impurity scattering in unconventional superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
The effect of weak anisotropic (momentum-dependent) impurity scattering in unconventional superconductors has been investigated. It is shown that the anisotropic scattering can lead either to a small reduction or a small enhancement of the isotropic pair-breaking effect. The influence of the anisotropy of the scatterin...
physics
7,065
Anomalous vortex dynamics in 2D superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
Low -frequency dynamic impedance ($\sigma^{-1}(\omega,T)\equiv(\sigma_{1}+i\sigma_{2})^{-1}$) measurements on Josephson junction arrays with finite vortex screening length $\xi$, found that $\sigma_{1}\sim |\log{\omega}|$, $\sigma_{2}\sim$ constant. This implies anomalously sluggish vortex mobilities $\mu_{V}(\omega)\s...
physics
7,066
Nodes of the superconducting gap probed by electronic Raman scattering in HgBa_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{6+δ} single crystals
cond-mat.supr-con
Pure electronic Raman spectra with no phonon structures superimposed to the electronic continuum, are reported, in optimally doped HgBa_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{6+\delta } single crystals (T_{c }=126 K). As a consequence, the spectra in the A_{1g }, B_{1g } and B_{2g } symmetries, including the crucial low energy frequency depend...
physics
7,067
Effect of Interband Transitions on the c axis Penetration Depth of Layered Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
The electromagnetic response of a system with two planes per unit cell involves, in addition to the usual intraband contribution, an added interband term. These transitions affect the temperature dependence and the magnitude of the zero temperature c-axis penetration depth. When the interplane hopping is sufficiently s...
physics
7,068
Comment on Vortex Mass and Quantum Tunneling of Vortices
cond-mat.supr-con
Vortex mass in Fermi superfluids and superconductors and its influence on quantum tunneling of vortices are discussed. The vortex mass is essentially enhanced due to the fermion zero modes in the core of the vortex: the bound states of the Bogoliubov qiasiparticles localized in the core. These bound states form the nor...
physics
7,069
Plastic Flow, Voltage Bursts, and Vortex Avalanches in Superconductors
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We use large-scale parallel simulations to compute the motion of superconducting magnetic vortices during avalanches triggered by small field increases. We find that experimentally observable voltage bursts correspond to pulsing vortex movement along branched channels or winding chains, and relate vortex flow images to...
physics
7,070
Weakly Pinned Bose Glass vs. Mott Insulator Phase in Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the properties of the Bose glass phase of localized flux lines in irradiated superconductors near the matching field $B_{\Phi}$. Repulsive vortex interactions destroy the Mott insulator phase predicted to occur at $B=B_\Phi$. For ratios of the penetration depth to average defect distance $\lambda / d \leq 1$ r...
physics
7,071
Triplanar Model for the Gap and Penetration Depth in YBCO
cond-mat.supr-con
YBaCuO_7 is a trilayer material with a unit cell consisting of a CuO_2 bilayer with a CuO plane of chains in between. Starting with a model of isolated planes coupled through a transverse matrix element, we consider the possibility of intra as well as interplane pairing within a nearly antiferromagnetic Fermi liquid mo...
physics
7,072
Superconductivity-Induced Anomalies in the Spin Excitation Spectra of Underdoped YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{6+x}
cond-mat.supr-con
Polarized and unpolarized neutron scattering has been used to determine the effect of superconductivity on the magnetic excitation spectra of YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{6.5} (T_c = 52K) and YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{6.7} (T_c = 67K). Pronounced enhancements of the spectral weight centered around 25 meV and 33 meV, respectively, are observed be...
physics
7,073
Evidence for strong electron-phonon coupling and polarons in the optical response of La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4
cond-mat.supr-con
The normal state optical response of La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 is found to be consistent with a simple multi-component model, based on free carriers with strong electron-phonon interaction, localized polaronic states near 0.15 eV and a mid-infrared band at 0.5 eV. Normal state reflectance and absorbance of La_{1.83}Sr_{0.17}Cu...
physics
7,074
Onset of Superfluidity in 4He Films Adsorbed on Disordered Substrates
cond-mat.supr-con
We have studied 4He films adsorbed in two porous glasses, aerogel and Vycor, using high precision torsional oscillator and DC calorimetry techniques. Our investigation focused on the onset of superfluidity at low temperatures as the 4He coverage is increased. Torsional oscillator measurements of the 4He-aerogel system ...
physics
7,075
Ballistic Transport in Superconducting Weak Links in a Microwave Field
cond-mat.supr-con
Nonequilibrium effects and their impact on a charge transport in superconducting ballistic weak links biased by an ac voltage are investigated within the framework of the Keldysh technique. We demonstrate that the microwave field destroys the phase coherence during the multiple Andreev reflection cycle and leads to the...
physics
7,076
Design for the Detection of the Singly-Connected Superconducting State
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the Little-Parks effect for mesoscopic loops with very nonuniform thickness. The results follow the trend of the phase diagram obtained for almost uniform thickness. In particular, the singly-connected state is stable on a line segment delimited by two critical points. Most of this study considers loops with p...
physics
7,077
Plane - Chain coupling in YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7} : temperature dependence of the penetration depth
cond-mat.supr-con
We have studied the penetration depth for a model of $YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7}$ involving pairing both in the $CuO_{2}$ planes and in the CuO chains. In this model pairing in the planes is due to an attractive interaction, while Coulomb repulsion induces in the chains an order parameter with opposite sign. Due to the anticro...
physics
7,078
Disorder Effects in Superconductors with Anisotropic Pairing: From Cooper Pairs to Compact Bosons
cond-mat.supr-con
In the weak coupling BCS-approximation normal impurities do not influence superconducting T_{c} in significant manner in case of isotropic s-wave pairing. However, in case of d-wave pairing these are strongly pair-breaking. This fact is in rather strong contradiction with many experiments on disordered high-T_{c} super...
physics
7,079
Why is d-wave pairing in HTS robust in the presence of impurities?
cond-mat.supr-con
In the recent theory of strong correlations by Kulic and Zeyher it has been shown that by lowering doping concentration a forward peak in the charge scattering channel is developed. Accordingly, near the optimal doping the nonmagnetic scattering is pronounced in the d-channel and its effect on d-wave pairing is reduced...
physics
7,080
Determination of the tunneling electron-phonon spectral function in high-Tc superconductors with energy dependence of the normal density of states
cond-mat.supr-con
We discuss the limits and the correct utilization of the standard program for the inversion of Eliashberg equations and the determination of the electron-phonon spectral function and the coulomb pseudopotential from tunneling measurements in high-Tc superconductors. In order to compare the calculated density of states ...
physics
7,081
The Current-Temperature Phase Diagram of Layered Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
The behavior of clean layered superconductors in the presence of a finite electric current and in zero-magnetic field behavior is addressed. The structure of the current temperature phase diagram and the properties of each of the four regions will be explained. We will discuss the expected current voltage and resistanc...
physics
7,082
A Constraint on the Anomalous Green's Function
cond-mat.supr-con
It is shown that the physical constraint of the Anomalous Green's function gives a natural pairing condition. The resulting self-consistency equation is directly related to the BCS gap equation. Both inhomogeneous and homogeneous systems are considered to illustrate the importance of the constraint. Especially we find ...
physics
7,083
Linear response and collective oscillations in superconductors with d-wave pairing
cond-mat.supr-con
Simple and physically transparent equations for the linear response of layered superconductors with d-wave symmetry of the order parameter are derived by means of the quasiclassic kinetic theory of superconductivity. Responses to solenoidal and potential electric fields have different frequency dependencies. The conduc...
physics
7,084
The c axis optical conductivity of layered systems in the superconducting state
cond-mat.supr-con
In this paper, we discuss the c axis optical conductivity Re [sigma_c(omega)] in the high T_c superconductors, in the superconducting state. The basic premise of this work is that electrons travelling along the c axis between adjacent CuO_2 layers must pass through several intervening layers. In earlier work we found t...
physics
7,085
The role of intermediate layers in the c-axis conductivity of layered superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
A simplified model of c axis transport in the high T_c superconductors is presented. Expressions are found for the c axis optical conductivity, the d.c. resistivity, and the c axis penetration depth. Within the framework of this model, the pseudogap in the optical conductivity arises naturally as a result of the layere...
physics
7,086
Superfluid characteristics of the attractive Hubbard model for various lattice structures
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the basic thermodynamic and electromagnetic properties of the superconductor described by the negative-$U$ Hubbard model (gap parameter $\Delta$, critical temperature $T_c$, London penetration depth $\lambda$, thermodynamic critical field $H_c$ and Ginzburg-Landau correlation length $\xi_{G-L}$).The calculatio...
physics
7,087
Coupling between phonons and intrinsic Josephson oscillations in cuprate superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
The recently reported subgap structures observed in the current-voltage characteristic of intrinsic Josephson junctions in the high-T_c superconductors Tl_2Ba_2Ca_2Cu_3O_{10+\delta} and Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} are explained by the coupling between c-axis phonons and Josephson oscillations. A model is developed where...
physics
7,088
Weak gravitation shielding properties of composite bulk YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x} superconductor below 70 K under e.m. field
cond-mat.supr-con
A high-temperature YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x} bulk ceramic superconductor with composite structure has revealed weak shielding properties against gravitational force while in a levitating state at temperatures below 70 K. A toroidal disk was prepared using conventional ceramic technology in combination with melt-texture growth. ...
physics
7,089
Effect of magnetic and non-magnetic impurities on highly anisotropic superconductivity
cond-mat.supr-con
We generalize Abrikosov-Gor'kov solution of the problem of weakly coupled superconductor with impurities on the case of a multiband superconductor with arbitrary interband order parameter anisotropy, including interband sign reversal of the order parameter. The solution is given in terms of the effective (renormalized)...
physics
7,090
Vortices and Quantum tunneling in Current-Biased 0-π-0 Josephson Junctions of d-wave Superconductors
cond-mat.supr-con
We study a current-biased 0-\pi-0 Josephson junction made by high-T_c superconductors, theoretically. When a length of the \pi junction is large enough, this junction contains a vortex-antivortex pair at both ends of the \pi junction. Magnetic flux carried by the vortices is calculated using the sine-Gordon equation. T...
physics
7,091
Disorder in two dimensional Josephson junctions
cond-mat.supr-con
An effective free energy of a two dimensional (i.e. large area) Josephson Junctions is derived, allowing for thermal fluctuations, for random magnetic fields and for external currents. We show by using replica symmetry breaking methods, that the junction has four distinct phases: disordered, Josephson ordered, a glass ...
physics
7,092
Extended Impurity Potential in a d_{x^2-y^2} Superconductor
cond-mat.supr-con
We investigate the role of a finite potential range of a nonmagnetic impurity for the local density of states in a d_{x^2-y^2} superconductor. Impurity induced subgap resonances are modified by the appearance of further scattering channels beyond the $s$--wave scattering limit. The structure of the local density of sta...
physics
7,093
Comment on "Superconducting gap anisotropy vs. doping level in high-T_c cuprates" by C. Kendziora et al, PRL 77, 727 (1996)
cond-mat.supr-con
In a recent paper Kendziora et al concluded that the superconducting gap in overdoped Bi-2212 is isotropic. From data obtained from electronic Raman scattering measurements, their conclusion was based on the observation that pair breaking peaks occured at approximately the same frequency in different scattering geometr...
physics
7,094
Local structure studies of the underdoped-overdoped transition in YBa_2Cu_3O_x. Measurement of the yttrium y-ray absorption fine structure
cond-mat.supr-con
We have measured the extended x-ray absorption-fine-structure (EXAFS) at the Y-K edge of YBa_2Cu_3O_x for x=6.801, 6.947, 6.968, 6.984 at T=20-300 K. Across the underdoped-overdoped transition the Y-Cu2 pairs exhibit harmonic vibrations which freeze out in the superconducting phase, whereas the Y-O2,3 pairs exhibit str...
physics
7,095
Subgap structures in the current-voltage characteristic of the intrinsic Josephson effect due to phonons
cond-mat.supr-con
A modified RSJ-model for the coupling of intrinsic Josephson oscillations and c-axis phonons in the high-T_c superconductors Tl_2Ba_2Ca_2Cu_3O_{10+\delta} and Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} is deveoped. This provides a very good explanation for recently reported subgap structures in the I-V-characteristic of the c-axis tra...
physics
7,096
Vortex-line liquid phases: Longitudinal superconductivity in the lattice London model
cond-mat.supr-con
We study the vortex-line lattice and liquid phases of a clean type-II superconductor by means of Monte Carlo simulations of the lattice London model. Motivated by a recent controversy regarding the presence, within this model, of a vortex-liquid regime with longitudinal superconducting coherence over long length scales...
physics
7,097
Stripes, Pseudogaps, and Van Hove Nesting in the Three-band tJ Model
cond-mat.supr-con
Slave boson calculations have been carried out in the three-band tJ model for the high-T_c cuprates, with the inclusion of coupling to oxygen breathing mode phonons. Phonon-induced Van Hove nesting leads to a phase separation between a hole-doped domain and a (magnetic) domain near half filling, with long-range Coulomb...
physics
7,098
Helicity Modulus and Fluctuating Type II Superconductors: Elastic Approximation and Numerical Simulations
cond-mat.supr-con
We develop the helicity modulus as a criterion for superconducting order in the mixed phase of a fluctuating type II superconductor. We show that there is a duality relation between this helicity modulus and the superfluid density of a system of analog 2D bosons. We show that the vortex line lattice exhibits a perfect ...
physics
7,099
Current-voltage relation for superconducting d-wave junctions
cond-mat.supr-con
We calculate the current-voltage (I-V) relation for planar superconducting d-wave junctions for both arbitrary transmission of the junction and arbitrary orientation of the d-wave superconductors. The midgap states (MGS) present at interfaces/surfaces of a d-wave superconductor influence the I-V relation. In some arran...
physics