Various properties of underdoped superconducting cuprates, including the momentum-dependent pseudogap opening, indicate a behavior which is neither BCS- nor Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)- like. To explain this issue we introduce a two-gap model. This model assumes an anisotropic pairing interaction among two kinds of fermions with small and large Fermi velocities representing the quasiparticles near the M and the nodal points of the Fermi surface, respectively. We find that a gap forms near the M points resulting in incoherent pairing due to strong fluctuations. Instead, the pairing near the nodal points sets in with phase coherence at lower temperature. By tuning the momentum-dependent interaction, the model allows for a continuous evolution from a pure BCS pairing (in the overdoped and optimally doped regime) to a mixed boson-fermion picture (in the strongly underdoped regime).
Two-gap model for underdoped cuprate superconductors / A., Perali; Castellani, Claudio; DI CASTRO, Carlo; Grilli, Marco; E., Piegari; A. A., Varlamov. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS. - ISSN 1098-0121. - 62:14(2000), pp. R9295-R9298. [10.1103/physrevb.62.r9295]
Two-gap model for underdoped cuprate superconductors
CASTELLANI, Claudio;DI CASTRO, Carlo;GRILLI, Marco;
2000
Abstract
Various properties of underdoped superconducting cuprates, including the momentum-dependent pseudogap opening, indicate a behavior which is neither BCS- nor Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)- like. To explain this issue we introduce a two-gap model. This model assumes an anisotropic pairing interaction among two kinds of fermions with small and large Fermi velocities representing the quasiparticles near the M and the nodal points of the Fermi surface, respectively. We find that a gap forms near the M points resulting in incoherent pairing due to strong fluctuations. Instead, the pairing near the nodal points sets in with phase coherence at lower temperature. By tuning the momentum-dependent interaction, the model allows for a continuous evolution from a pure BCS pairing (in the overdoped and optimally doped regime) to a mixed boson-fermion picture (in the strongly underdoped regime).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.