Dynamic superconductivity responses in photoexcited optical conductivity and Nernst effect

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作者
Uemura, Yasutomo J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, 538 W 120th St, New York, NY 10027 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
LIGHT-INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; FIELD PENETRATION DEPTH; MAGNETIC-RESONANCE; PHASE; K3C60; CUPRATE; EXCITATIONS; RESISTIVITY; PSEUDOGAP; DENSITY;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.104801
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
High-T-c cuprate, alkali-doped C-60, and several other unconventional superconductors have very high transition temperatures T-c with respect to the energy scale of superconducting (SC) charges inferred from the superfluid density (SFD). The observed linear relationship between T-c and the SFD can hardly be expected in BCS superconductors while being reminiscent of Bose-Einstein condensation of preformed bosonic charges. As additional non-BCS-like behaviors, responses similar to those in the bulk SC states have been observed at temperatures well above T-c in the vortexlike Nernst effect, diamagnetic susceptibility, and transient optical conductivity in recent photoexcited pump-probe measurements. In this paper, we propose a coherent picture based on equilibrium and transient SFD to understand these unconventional behaviors in cuprates, K3C60, and organic superconductors. This picture assumes: (1) Dynamic SC responses in the Nernst and photoinduced measurements emerge at the formation of the local phase coherence (LPC) among wave functions of preformed bosonic pairs. (2) Its onset temperature T-LPC is distinct from and lower than the boson formation temperature often denoted as the "pseudogap temperature" T*, as T-LPC is determined by the many-body boson density while T* represents attractive interaction between two fermions. (3) The bulk superconducting T-c, signaling global phase coherence, is significantly reduced from T-LPC, due to the competition between the SC and antiferromagnetic (AF) order. (4) The inelastic magnetic resonance mode (MRM) controls T-c in the SC-AF competition. (5) The transient optical responses can be attributed to a change of the balance between the competing SC and AF orders caused by photoexcitation. The assumptions (1) and (2) explain the relationship between T-c and the transient SFD in photoexcited studies and equilibrium SFD in Nernst effect. (3) and (4) are inferred from the linear dependence of T-c on the MRM energy. (4) and (5) are consistent with the behaviors of the 400-cm(-1) optical responses in equilibrium and photoexcited studies and temperature dependence of the intensity of this optical mode and the MRM. Unlike previous phase-fluctuation pictures which expect dynamic responses between T* and T-c, the present picture involving competing order indicates that dynamic SC responses are seen between T-LPC and T-c.
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