Isotope Effect for the Penetration Depth in Superconductors

Details Isotope Effect for the Penetration Depth in Superconductors Isotope Effect for the Penetration Depth in Superconductors

1998-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9801186v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

11 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.57.10814

We show that various factors can lead to an isotopic dependence of the penetration depth $\delta$. Non-adiabaticity (Jahn-Teller crossing) leads to the isotope effect of the charge carrier concentration $n$ and, consequently, of $\delta$ in doped superconductors such as the cuprates. A general equation relating the isotope coefficients of $T_c$ and of $\delta$ is presented for London superconductors. We further show that the presence of magnetic impurities or a proximity contact also lead to an isotopic dependence of $\delta$; the isotope coefficient turns out to be temperature dependent, $\beta(T)$, in these cases. The existence of the isotope effect for the penetration depth is predicted for conventional as well as for high-temperature superconductors. Various experiments are proposed and/or discussed.

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