Phase fluctuations in strongly coupled d-wave superconductors.
Phase fluctuations in strongly coupled d-wave superconductors.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.94.217001
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发表时间:
2005-06
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
M. Mayr;G. Alvarez;C. Şen;E. Dagotto
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作者:
M. Mayr;G. Alvarez;C. Şen;E. Dagotto
We present a numerically exact solution for the BCS Hamiltonian at any temperature, including the degrees of freedom associated with classical phase, as well as amplitude fluctuations via a Monte Carlo integration. This allows for an investigation over the whole range of couplings: from weak attraction, as in the well-known BCS limit, to the mainly unexplored strong-coupling regime of pronounced phase fluctuations. In the latter, two characteristic temperatures T(*) and T(c), associated with short- and long-range ordering, respectively, can be identified in a mean-field-motivated Hamiltonian. T(*) at the same time corresponds to the opening of a gap in the excitation spectrum. In addition to introducing a novel procedure to study strongly coupled d-wave superconductors, our results indicate that classical phase fluctuations are not sufficient to explain the pseudogap features of high-temperature superconductors.