Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2000-10-26
JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA, v117, p129 (2001)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
20 pages, 22 figures
Scientific paper
We demonstrate that the feedback effect from bosonic excitations on fermions, which in the past allowed one to verify the phononic mechanism of a conventional, $s-$wave superconductivity, may also allow one to experimentally detect the ``fingerprints'' of the pairing mechanism in cuprates. We argue that for spin-mediated $d-$wave superconductivity, the fermionic spectral function, the density of states, the tunneling conductance through an insulating junction, and the optical conductivity are affected by the interaction with collective spin excitations, which below $T_c$ are propagating, magnon-like quasiparticles with gap $\Delta_s$. We show that the interaction with a propagating spin excitation gives rise to singularities at frequencies $\Delta + \Delta_s$ for the spectral function and the density of states, and at $2\Delta + \Delta_s$ for tunneling and optical conductivities, where $\Delta$ is the maximum value of the $d-$wave gap. We further argue that recent optical measurements also allow one to detect subleading singularities at $4\Delta$ and $2\Delta + 2\Delta_s$. We consider the experimental detection of these singularities as a strong evidence in favor of the magnetic scenario for superconductivity in cuprates.
Abanov Ar.
Chubukov Andrey V.
Schmalian Jörg
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