Extended d_{x^2 - y^2}-wave superconductivity

Details Extended d_{x^2 - y^2}-wave superconductivity Extended d_{x^2 - y^2}-wave superconductivity

2000-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0001046v1

Eur. Phys. J. B 15 (2000) 269

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

7 pages, 4 embedded PostScript figures. Uses svjour, epsfig, amsmath, amssymb, xspace. To be published in Eur. Phys. J. B

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Remarkable anisotropic structures have been recently observed in the order parameter Delta_k of the underdoped superconductor Bi-2212. Such findings are strongly suggestive of deviations from a simple d_{x^2 - y^2}-wave picture of high-Tc superconductivity, i.e. Delta_k ~ cos (k_x) - cos (k_y). In particular, flatter nodes in Delta_k are observed along the k_x = (+/-) k_y directions in k-space, than within this simple model for a d-wave gap. We argue that nonlinear corrections in the k-dependence of Delta_k near the nodes introduce new energy scales, which would lead to deviations in the predicted power-law asymptotic behaviour of several measurable quantities, at low or intermediate temperatures. We evaluate such deviations, either analytically or numerically, within the interlayer pair-tunneling model, and within yet another phenomenological model for a d-wave order parameter. We find that such deviations are expected to be of different sign in the two cases. Moreover, the doping dependence of the flatness of the gap near the nodes is also attributable to Fermi surface effects, in addition to possible screening effects modifying the in-plane pairing kernel, as recently proposed.

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