Critical temperature and superfluid density suppression in disordered high-Tc cuprate superconductors

M. Franz; C. Kallin; A. J. Berlinsky; M. I. Salkola

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.56.7882

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Critical temperature and superfluid density suppression in disordered high-Tc cuprate superconductors

M. Franz, C. Kallin, A. J. Berlinsky, M. I. Salkola

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.7882 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We argue that the standard Abrikosov-Gorkov (AG)-type theory of Tc in disordered d-wave superconductors breaks down in short coherence length high-Tc cuprates. Numerical calculations within the Bogoliubov–de Gennes formalism demonstrate that the correct description of such systems must allow for the spatial variation of the order parameter, which is strongly suppressed in the vicinity of impurities but mostly unaffected elsewhere. Suppression of Tc is found to be significantly weaker than that predicted by the AG theory, in good agreement with experiment.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
YBa2Cu3O7 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	—	Pressure not reported	unknown