Origin of the material dependence of $T_c$ in the single-layered cuprates

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2011-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/1112.0964v1

Phys. Rev. B 85, 064501 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.85.064501

In order to understand the material dependence of $T_c$ within the single-layered cuprates, we study a two-orbital model that considers both $d_{x^2-y^2}$ and $d_{z^2}$ orbitals. We reveal that a hybridization of $d_{z^2}$ on the Fermi surface substantially affects $T_c$ in the cuprates, where the energy difference $\Delta E$ between the $d_{x^2-y2}$ and $d_{z^2}$ orbitals is identified to be the key parameter that governs both the hybridization and the shape of the Fermi surface. A smaller $\Delta E$ tends to suppress $T_c$ through a larger hybridization, whose effect supersedes the effect of diamond-shaped (better-nested) Fermi surface. The mechanism of the suppression of d-wave superconductivity due to $d_{z^2}$ orbital mixture is clarified from the viewpoint of the ingredients involved in the Eliashberg equation, i.e., the Green's functions and the form of the pairing interaction described in the orbital representation. The conclusion remains qualitatively the same if we take a three-orbital model that incorporates Cu 4s orbital explicitly, where the 4s orbital is shown to have an important effect of making the Fermi surface rounded. We have then identified the origin of the material and lattice-structure dependence of $\Delta E$, which is shown to be determined by the energy difference $\Delta E_d$ between the two Cu3d orbitals (primarily governed by the apical oxygen height), and the energy difference $\Delta E_p$ between the in-plane and apical oxygens (primarily governed by the interlayer separation $d$).

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