Using Inhomogeneity to Raise Superconducting Critical Temperatures

Details Using Inhomogeneity to Raise Superconducting Critical Temperatures Using Inhomogeneity to Raise Superconducting Critical Temperatures

2006-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611719v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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Superconductors with low superfluid density can be described by XY models. In such models the scale of the transition temperature T_c is largely set by the zero temperature phase stiffness (helicity modulus), a long-wavelength property of the system: T_c = A Upsilon(0). However, the constant A is a non-universal number, depending on dimensionality and the degree of inhomogeneity. In this Letter, we discuss strategies for maximizing A for 2D XY models, that is, how to maximize the transition temperature with respect to the zero temperature, long wavelength properties. We find that a framework type of inhomogeneity can increase the transition temperature significantly. For comparison, we present similar results for Ising models.

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