Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2007-06-03
Physica C 468 (2008) 255-259
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
15 pages, 5 figures. Presented at Israel Workshop on Fluctuations and Phase Transitions in Superconductors, Nazareth Ilit, Isr
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physc.2007.08.026
A recent analysis by Kadin has noted that the superconducting wavefunction within the BCS theory may be represented in real-space as a spherical electronic orbital (on the scale of the coherence length) coupled to a standing-wave lattice vibration. This lattice vibration, effectively a bound phonon, has wavevector 2kf and a near-resonant frequency (on the order of the Debye frequency) that maximizes the attractive electrostatic interaction energy with the electronic orbital. The present paper extends this picture to a coherent standing-wave pattern of electron and phonon waves that traverses the entire superconductor on the macroscopic scale. These parallel planes form a diffractive waveguide for electron waves traveling parallel to the planes, permitting lossless supercurrent. A similar picture may be extended to unconventional superconductors such as the cuprates, with an array of standing spin waves rather than phonons. Such coherent lattice vibrations should be universal and distinctive indicators of the superconducting state, and should be observable below Tc using standard x-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. Further implications of this picture are discussed.
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