Diamagnetism, Nernst signal, and finite size effects in superconductors above the transition temperature

Details Diamagnetism, Nernst signal, and finite size effects in superconductors above the transition temperature Diamagnetism, Nernst signal, and finite size effects in superconductors above the transition temperature

2010-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/1011.4875v1

Phys. Rev. B 83, 144527 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

12 pages, 13 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.144527

Various superconductors, including cuprate superconductors, exhibit peculiar features above the transition temperature T_c. In particular the observation of a large diamagnetism and Nernst signal in a wide temperature window above T_c attracted considerable attention. Noting that this temperature window exceeds the fluctuation dominated regime drastically and that in these materials the spatial extent of homogeneity is limited, we explore the relevance of the zero dimensional (0D)-model, neglecting thermal fluctuations. It is shown that both, the full 0D-model as well as its Gaussian approximation, mimic the essential features of the isothermal magnetization curves in Pb nanoparticles and various cuprates remarkably well. This analysis also provides estimates for the spatial extent of the homogeneous domains giving rise to a smeared transition in zero magnetic field. The resulting estimates for the amplitude of the in-plane correlation length exhibit a doping dependence reflecting the flow to the quantum phase transition in the underdoped limit. Furthermore it is shown that the isothermal Nernst signal of a superconducting Nb_(0.15)Si_(0.85) film is fully consistent with this scenario. Accordingly, the observed diamagnetism above T_c in Pb nanoparticles, in the cuprates La_(1.91)Sr_(0.09)CuO_4 and BiSr_2Ca_2CuO_(8-d), as well as the Nernst signal in Nb_(0.15)Si_(0.85) films, are all in excellent agreement with the scaling properties emerging from the 0D-model, giving a universal perspective on the interplay between diamagnetism, Nernst signal, correlation length, and the limited spatial extent of homogeneity. Our analysis also provides evidence that singlet Cooper pairs subjected to orbital pair breaking in a 0D system are the main source of the observed diamagnetism and Nernst signal in an extended temperature window above T_c.

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