Doping and temperature dependence of electronic Raman response in cuprate superconductors

The doping and temperature dependence of the electronic Raman response in cuprate superconductors is studied within the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism. It is shown that the temperature dependent depletion at low-energy shifts is faster in the B1g symmetry than in the B2g symmetry. In analogy to the domelike shape of the doping dependent superconducting transition temperature, the maximal peak energy in the B2g channel occurs around the optimal doping, and then decreases in both underdoped and overdoped regimes. Moreover, the overall density of Cooper pairs increases with increasing doping in the underdoped regime.     

Doping dependence of charge order in electron-doped cuprate superconductors

Abstract

In the recent studies of the unconventional physics in cuprate superconductors, one of the central issues is the interplay between charge order and superconductivity. Here the mechanism of the charge-order formation in the electron-doped cuprate superconductors is investigated based on the t-J model. The experimentally observed momentum dependence of the electron quasiparticle scattering rate is qualitatively reproduced, where the scattering rate is highly anisotropic in momentum space, and is intriguingly related to the charge-order gap. Although the scattering strength appears to be weakest at the hot spots, the scattering in the antinodal region is stronger than that in the nodal region, which leads to the original electron Fermi surface is broken up into the Fermi pockets and their coexistence with the Fermi arcs located around the nodal region. In particular, this electron Fermi surface instability drives the charge-order correlation, with the charge-order wave vector that matches well with the wave vector connecting the hot spots, as the charge-order correlation in the hole-doped counterparts. However, in a striking contrast to the hole-doped case, the charge-order wave vector in the electron-doped side increases in magnitude with the electron doping. The theory also shows the existence of a quantitative link between the single-electron fermiology and the collective response of the electron density.     

Electrical and magnetic properties of hot extruded Bi-2223/Ag concentric tapes

Summary In this work we report on the anisotropic physical properties of silver-sheathed Bi-2223 tapes fabricated by means of hot extrusion and repeated pressing and sintering processes. The obtained Bi-2223/Ag short tapes, having critical current densitiesJ _c of 20–30 kA/cm² at 77 K, 0 T, were measured in external magnetic fields up to 0.5T applied in two different orientations (i.e. μ₀H‖(a,b)-planes and μ₀H ⊥(a,b)-planes). The magnetic characterizations were performed in a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields to study the first magnetization curve of tapes evaluating the lower critical fields μ₀H_c1⊥ab and ⊥₀H_c1#x2016;ab and their dependences on temperature. TheJ _c values at different fields in the temperature range 4.6–90 K, calculated from the magnetization data by the critical state model, are also presented. Paper presented at the ?VII Congresso SATT?, Torino, 4–7 October 1994.     

On the reversibility of the Meissner effect and the angular momentum puzzle

It is generally believed that the laws of thermodynamics govern superconductivity as an equilibrium state of matter, and hence that the normal-superconductor transition in a magnetic field is reversible under ideal conditions. Because eddy currents are generated during the transition as the magnetic flux changes, the transition has to proceed infinitely slowly to generate no entropy. Experiments showed that to a high degree of accuracy no entropy was generated in these transitions. However, in this paper we point out that for the length of times over which these experiments extended, a much higher degree of irreversibility due to decay of eddy currents should have been detected than was actually observed. We also point out that within the conventional theory of superconductivity no explanation exists for why no Joule heat is generated in the superconductor to normal transition when the supercurrent stops. In addition we point out that within the conventional theory of superconductivity no mechanism exists for the transfer of momentum between the supercurrent and the body as a whole, which is necessary to ensure that the transition in the presence of a magnetic field respects momentum conservation. We propose a solution to all these questions based on the alternative theory of hole superconductivity. The theory proposes that in the normal-superconductor transition there is a flow and backflow of charge in direction perpendicular to the phase boundary when the phase boundary moves. We show that this flow and backflow explains the absence of Joule heat generated by Faraday eddy currents, the absence of Joule heat generated in the process of the supercurrent stopping, and the reversible transfer of momentum between the supercurrent and the body, provided the current carriers in the normal state are holes.     

一种基于迈斯纳效应的超导电机的驱动力的计算

超导体的迈斯纳效应是超导体的特有的性质之一,超导驱动的电机正是利用超导体的这个性质而设计的一种新型电机,由于驱动原理与传统的电机有很大的不同,这种电机的驱动力的计算一直是这种超导电机设计中要解决的主要问题,针对一种结构的电机,利用理论分析和数值计算的方法计算了一种基于超导体迈斯纳效应的超导电机驱动力的大小,为这种电机的设计提供了主要依据。     

铜氧化物高温超导体中的电子有序态

铜氧化物高温超导现象自30年前被发现以来,对现代凝聚态物理的发展产生了极其重要的影响,然而其微观机制至今依然是一个谜。近年来,多种实验手段的研究结果发现,在铜氧化物高温超导体中电子除了形成库珀对,还可能形成多种其他新奇的有序态,例如自旋有序态、电荷有序态以及库珀对密度波等。这些有序态的起源及其与赝能隙态和超导态的关联对于理解高温超导机理可能具有重要的意义。文章将主要从实验的角度对铜氧化物超导体中的电子有序态做一个概述。     

表面吸附K原子的多层FeSe/SrTiO3(001)薄膜的抗磁响应的原位测量

SrTiO₃（001）单晶表面上生长的单层FeSe薄膜显示出了超乎寻常的高温超导电性,其超导增强机制的一个重要因素是电子由衬底转移到了单层FeSe薄膜当中.基于此认识,研究者们在吸附了钾（K）原子的多层FeSe薄膜表面上观察到了类似超导能隙的隧穿能谱和光电子能谱.但这种自上而下的电子掺入方式在多层FeSe薄膜表面上可能引起的高温超导电性,还缺乏零电阻或迈斯纳效应等物性测量实验的直接证实.本研究利用自行研制的一台特殊的多功能扫描隧道显微镜,在生长于SrTiO₃（001）衬底上的多层FeSe薄膜表面上,不但观察到了超导能隙随K吸附量的变化,而且利用原位双线圈互感测量技术,成功地的观察到了该薄膜的抗磁响应,并由此确定了该薄膜样品呈现迈斯纳效应的超导转变温度为23.9 K.其穿透深度随温度的变化呈二次幂指数关系,表明该体系的超导序参量很可能具有S^±配对对称性.     

超导薄膜磁场穿透深度的双线圈互感测量

磁场穿透深度是联系超导体宏观电动力学与微观机制的重要物理量,其精确测量对于研究超导机理以及探索超导应用具有重要意义.在众多的磁场穿透深度测量方法中,双线圈互感法具有测量精度高、技术相对成熟、对样品没有破坏等优点,可被用于细致地研究超导薄膜的磁场穿透深度对温度、掺杂、外延应力等参量的依赖关系.本文首先简要介绍了双线圈互感法的基本原理,指出该方法的测量精度主要受系统几何参数及薄膜边缘漏磁的影响;之后对自主设计搭建的透射型双线圈互感装置进行了系统的校验,并详细说明了其测量精度:对于厚度为100 nm,穿透深度为150 nm的典型薄膜样品,穿透深度绝对值的测量误差小于10%;最后通过测量NbN超导薄膜的磁场穿透深度进一步检验了装置的精度,分析表明穿透深度的测量值与文献报道结果符合.     

Extinction of quasiparticle scattering interference in cuprate superconductors

The quasiparticle scattering interference phenomenon characterized by the peaks in the local density of states is studied within the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism in the presence of a single impurity. By calculation of the Fourier transformed ratio of the local density of states at opposite energy, it is shown that the quasiparticle scattering interference phenomenon can be described qualitatively by a single impurity in the kinetic energy driven homogeneous d-wave superconducting state. The amplitude of the peak increases with increasing energy at the low energy, and reaches a maximum at the intermediate energy, then diminishes to zero at the high energy. The theory also predicts that with increasing doping, the position of the peak along the nodal direction moves towards to the center of the Brillouin zone, while the position of the peak along the antinodal direction is shifted to large momentum region.     

超导体磁场穿透深度测量中的数据分析问题

讨论了目前在超导体磁场穿透深度λ测量中常用的几种数据分析方法.着重指出对于那些只能测量λ随温度的变化值Δλ(T),而无法测量其绝对值的实验而言,一种合适的数据分析方法对于我们从实验中得出正确的结论尤其重要.而微分归一法将有效地克服目前此类实验中常用数据处理方法的不足,从而实现理论与实验间的无参量比较. 关键词： 超导体 磁场穿透深度     

Momentum dependence of quasiparticle spectrum and Bogoliubov angle in cuprate superconductors

The momentum dependence of the low energy quasiparticle spectrum and the related Bogoliubov angle in cuprate superconductors are studied within the kinetic energy driven superconducting mechanism. By calculation of the ratio of the low energy quasiparticle spectra at positive and negative energies, it is shown that the Bogoliubov angle increases monotonically across the Fermi crossing point. The results also show that the superconducting coherence of the low energy quasiparticle peak is well described by a simple d-wave Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer formalism, although the pairing mechanism is driven by the kinetic energy by exchanging spin excitations.     

Synthesis and properties of Sr-free Bi cuprate superconductors

Both the oxygen content and T^onset _c of the Bi₂Ca_2.5(Ln, Ln⁺)_0.5Cu₂O _y system monotonically increases as the mean ionic radius of (Ln, Ln⁺) increases. The structural modulations in all of the samples are almost commensurate with a period equal to 9b. In Bi_2-xPbCa_2.5Nd_0.5Cu₂O _y , T^onset _c decreases with increasing Pb concentration. In order to investigate the effect of post annealing using a hot isostatic press (HIP), Bi₂Ca_2.5La_0.25Pr_0.25Cu₂O _y was processed under different HIP conditions. This result suggested that HIP annealing causes a phase change from the 232 structure to the 221 structure.     

Electrodynamics of spin currents in superconductors

In recent work we formulated a new set of electrodynamic equations for superconductors as an alternative to the conventional London equations, compatible with the prediction of the theory of hole superconductivity that superconductors expel negative charge from the interior towards the surface. Charge expulsion results in a macroscopically inhomogeneous charge distribution and an electric field in the interior, and because of this a spin current is expected to exist. Furthermore, we have recently shown that a dynamical explanation of the Meissner effect in superconductors leads to the prediction that a spontaneous spin current exists near the surface of superconductors (spin Meissner effect). In this paper we extend the electrodynamic equations proposed earlier for the charge density and charge current to describe also the space and time dependence of the spin density and spin current. This allows us to determine the magnitude of the expelled negative charge and interior electric field as well as of the spin current in terms of other measurable properties of superconductors. We also provide a `geometric' interpretation of the difference between type I and type II superconductors, discuss how superconductors manage to conserve angular momentum, discuss the relationship between our model and Slater's seminal work on superconductivity, and discuss the magnitude of the expected novel effects for elemental and other superconductors.     

热声效应及其实验

基于热声效应原理设计了热声致冷实验系统 .实验结果表明 ,在系统运行很短的时间内 ,即可得到 1 0℃左右的温降 ,从而可以有效地演示热声致冷现象 .     

Local density of states around two nonmagnetic impurities in cuprate superconductors

The local density of states (LDOS) around two nonmagnetic impurities which are located at different sites is studied within the two-dimensional t-J-U model. The order parameters are determined in a self-consistent way with the Gutzwiller projected mean-field approximation and the Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory. When the two impurities are located one or two sites away, we find the superconductivity coherence peaks are more strongly suppressed and the zero-energy peak (ZEP) has split into two peaks. Whereas when the two impurities are located next to each other, the ZEP vanished, and LDOS does not change a lot compared with the case away from the impurities.     

Magnetic properties of cuprate superconductors based on a phase separation theory

There is a great debate concerning the hole of the inhomogeneities in high critical temperature superconductors (HTS). Several experiments indicate a possible electronic phase separation (PS). However, there is not a method to quantify how such transition occurs and how it develops. Here we show that the Cahn–Hilliard (CH) theory of phase separation provides a way to trace the phase separation process as a function of temperature. We connect these calculations with the Bogoliubov–deGennes (BdG) approach to an inhomogeneous superconductor and derive many HTS properties of the La_2−xSrCuO₄ (LSCO) system. The results yield: an onset of superconductivity that follows close the Nernst signal, the leading edge shift is close to the zero temperature average gap, and the superconducting phase is achieved by percolation. Our approach reproduces also the experimental measurements of the H_c2 field.     

Pressure dependence of high-Tc superconductors

Abstract

We recently developed a method to derive the charge carrier concentration 6 (holes per planar copper atom) under pressure from the measured T_c and H_c2. The different behaviour of YBa₂Cu₄O₈, CaLaBaCu₃)₇ and other compounds can be understood from the difference in ?δ/?p using a model where T_c is quadratically dependent upon δ and where δ is linearly dependent upon pressure, as observed experimentally.     

Hole core in superconductors and the origin of the Spin Meissner effect

It is proposed that superconductors possess a hidden ‘hole core’ buried deep in the Fermi sea. The proposed hole core is a small region of the Brillouin zone (usually at the center of the zone), where the lowest energy states in the normal state reside. We propose that in the superconducting state these energy states become singly occupied with electrons of a definite spin helicity. In other words, that holes of a definite spin helicity condense from the top to the bottom of the band in the transition to superconductivity, and electrons of that spin helicity ‘float’ on top of the hole core, thus becoming highly mobile. The hole core has radius q₀ = 1/2λ_L, with λ_L the London penetration depth, and the electrons expelled from the hole core give an excess negative charge density within a London penetration depth of the real space surface of the superconductor. The hole core explains the development of a spin current in the transition to superconductivity (Spin Meissner effect) and the associated negative charge expulsion from the interior of metals in the transition to superconductivity, effects we have proposed in earlier work to exist in all superconductors and to be at the root of the Meissner effect.