Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-05-26
Phys. Rev. B 84, 144527 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
19 pages, 9 figures; minor changes in the experimental part; added a new appendix section calculating the pair susceptibility
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.144527
Despite intense efforts during the last 25 years, the physics of unconventional superconductors, including the cuprates with a very high transition temperature, is still a controversial subject. It is believed that superconductivity in many of these strongly correlated metallic systems originates in the physics of quantum phase transitions, but quite diverse perspectives have emerged on the fundamentals of the electron-pairing physics, ranging from Hertz style critical spin fluctuation glue to the holographic superconductivity of string theory. Here we demonstrate that the gross energy scaling differences that are behind these various pairing mechanisms are directly encoded in the frequency and temperature dependence of the dynamical pair susceptibility. This quantity can be measured directly via the second order Josephson effect and it should be possible employing modern experimental techniques to build a `pairing telescope' that gives a direct view on the origin of quantum critical superconductivity.
Liu Yan
Mydosh John A.
Overbosch Bas J.
Schalm Koenraad
She Jian-Huang
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