Simulating superconducting properties of overdoped cuprates: The role of inhomogeneity
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Simulating superconducting properties of overdoped cuprates : The role of inhomogeneity. / Pal, Mainak; Kreisel, Andreas; Atkinson, W. A.; Hirschfeld, P. J.
I: Physical Review B, Bind 107, Nr. 14, 144501, 04.04.2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Simulating superconducting properties of overdoped cuprates
T2 - The role of inhomogeneity
AU - Pal, Mainak
AU - Kreisel, Andreas
AU - Atkinson, W. A.
AU - Hirschfeld, P. J.
PY - 2023/4/4
Y1 - 2023/4/4
N2 - Theoretical studies of disordered d-wave superconductors have focused, with a few exceptions, on optimally doped models with strong scatterers. Addressing recent controversies about the nature of the overdoped cuprates, however, requires studies of the weaker scattering associated with dopant atoms. Here we study simple models of such systems in the self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) framework, and compare to disorder-averaged results using the self-consistent T-matrix-approximation (SCTMA). Despite surprisingly linear in energy be-havior of the low-energy density of states even for quite disordered systems, the superfluid density in such cases retains a quadratic low-temperature variation of the penetration depth, unlike other BdG results reported recently. We trace the discrepancy to smaller effective system size employed in that work. Overall, the SCTMA performs remarkably well, with the exception of highly disordered systems with strongly suppressed superfluid density. We explore this interesting region where gap inhomogeneity dominates measured superconducting properties, and compare with overdoped cuprates.
AB - Theoretical studies of disordered d-wave superconductors have focused, with a few exceptions, on optimally doped models with strong scatterers. Addressing recent controversies about the nature of the overdoped cuprates, however, requires studies of the weaker scattering associated with dopant atoms. Here we study simple models of such systems in the self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) framework, and compare to disorder-averaged results using the self-consistent T-matrix-approximation (SCTMA). Despite surprisingly linear in energy be-havior of the low-energy density of states even for quite disordered systems, the superfluid density in such cases retains a quadratic low-temperature variation of the penetration depth, unlike other BdG results reported recently. We trace the discrepancy to smaller effective system size employed in that work. Overall, the SCTMA performs remarkably well, with the exception of highly disordered systems with strongly suppressed superfluid density. We explore this interesting region where gap inhomogeneity dominates measured superconducting properties, and compare with overdoped cuprates.
KW - PENETRATION DEPTH
KW - TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE
KW - WAVE
KW - YBA2CU3O6.95
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.144501
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.144501
M3 - Journal article
VL - 107
JO - Physical Review B
JF - Physical Review B
SN - 2469-9950
IS - 14
M1 - 144501
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