Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2006-06-13
Phys. Rev. B 74, 144501 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
16 pages, 11 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.74.144501
We study the mixed state in an extreme type-II lattice d-wave superconductor in the regime of intermediate magnetic fields H_{c1} << H << H_{c2}. We analyze the low energy spectrum of the problem dominated by nodal Dirac-like quasiparticles with momenta near k_F=(\pm k_D,\pm k_D) and find that the spectrum exhibits characteristic oscillatory behavior with respect to the product of k_D and magnetic length l. The Simon-Lee scaling, predicted in this regime, is satisfied only on average, with the magnitude of the oscillatory part of the spectrum displaying the same 1/l dependence as its monotonous ``envelope'' part. The oscillatory behavior of the spectrum is due to the inter-nodal interference enhanced by the singular nature of the low energy eigenfunctions near vortices. We also study a separate problem of a single vortex piercing an isolated superconducting grain of size L by L. Here we find that the periodicity of the quasiparticle energy oscillations with respect to k_D L is doubled relative to the case where the field is zero and the vortex is absent, both such oscillatory behaviors being present at the leading order in 1/L. Finally, we review the overall features of the tunneling conductance experiments in YBCO and BSCCO, and suggest an interpretation of the peaks at 5-20 meV observed in the tunneling local density of states in these materials.
Melikyan Ashot
Tesanovic Zlatko
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