On the importance of the electron-phonon coupling function on the superconducting transition temperature in dodecaboride superconductors: A comparison of LuB12 with ZrB12
J. Teyssier, R. Lortz, A. Petrovic, D. van der Marel, V. Filippov, N. Shitsevalova
We report a detailed study of specific heat, electrical resistivity and optical spectroscopy in the superconducting boride LuB12 (Tc = 0.4 K) and compare it to the higher Tc compound ZrB12 (Tc = 6 K). Both compounds have the same structure based on enclosed metallic Lu or Zr ions in oversized boron cages. The infrared reflectivity and ellipsometry in the visible range allow us to extract the optical conductivity from 6 meV to 4 eV in the normal state from 20 to 280 K. By extracting the superconducting properties, phonon density of states and electron-phonon coupling function from these measurements we discuss the important factors governing Tc and explain the difference between the two compounds. The phonon density of states seems to be insignificantly modified by substitution of Zr with Lu. However, the soft vibrations of the metal ions in boron cages, responsible for the relatively high Tc in ZrB12, have almost no contribution to the electron-phonon coupling in LuB12.
In this paper we calculate ab initially the phonon dispersion relationship of the superconductor LaFeAsO and investigate a main property in the superconductor, the oxygen isotope effect. Based on this phonon dispersion relationship, we find the fact that an important reason of the oxygen isotope effect is connected with the phonon. This result agrees well with the experimental data where the power index of the oxygen isotope effect in the superconductor LaFeAsO is small.
I solved the Eliashberg equations for multiband non-phononic $s\pm$ wave spin glass superconductor and I calculated the temperature dependence of the gaps and superfluid density that reveals unusual behavior as non monotonic temperature dependence and reentrant superconductivity. For particular values of input parameters the phase diagram is still more complex with two different ranges of temperature where the superconductivity appears.
We show using density functional calculations that quasi-one-dimensional K2Mo3As3, which is closely related to the K2Cr3As3 and has very similar superconducting properties, is not close to magnetism and has conventional s-wave electron-phonon superconductivity. This superconductivity is of multi-gap character due to different coupling on different Fermi surface sheets. This is discussed in relation to the properties of this family of quasi-one-dimensional pnictide superconductors. The results show that this family of superconductors provides a unique opportunity for studying the interplay of s…
Phonon density of states, anharmonicity, electron-phonon coupling and possible multigap superconductivity in the clathrate superconductors Ba8Si46 and Ba24Si100: Why is Tc different in these two compounds?
Cuprates are promising candidates for study in developing higher temperature superconductors. A thorough understanding of a material's phonon modes enables further investigation of its emergent properties, however, no complete reference of the phonon modes exists. Here, using density functional theory, we evaluate the phonon frequencies and atomic displacements for $\text{La}_2\text{CuO}_4$, $\text{Bi}_2\text{Sr}_2\text{CuO}_6$, and $\text{Bi}_2\text{Sr}_2\text{CaCu}_2\text{O}_8$ in their tetragonal structures. The phonon modes for all materials agree with those expected from space group symme…
Weak phonon-mediated pairing in BiS$_2$ superconductor from first principles
新型铋硫超导体中的超导性吸引了大量的实验和理论研究工作，但这些材料中超导性的性质尚未达成共识。利用超导体的密度泛函理论，研究了LaO $_{0.5}$ F $_{0.5}$ BiS $_2$的电子-声子配对机制.我们首先确认存在一个相称的电荷密度波的不稳定性，根据以前的研究。使用最近开发的集成方案的电子-声子耦合，我们发现，它的强度比以前计算的低得多，由于改进的状态密度计算。我们最后得出结论，传统的声子介导的配对不能解释在这种材料中观察到的高超导转变温度。
Influence of the pseudogap on the superconductivity-induced phonon renormalization in high-T$_c$ superconductors
研究了d密度波（DDW）带隙对超导诱导的声子频率和线宽重整化的影响。拉曼和非弹性中子散射实验的结果进行了讨论。结果表明，DDW带隙可以增强$q=0$声子软化的频率范围，这取决于底层的能带结构。此外，我们还发现各向异性的“d波”赝能隙对YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_7$中340 cm $^{-1}$声子的q依赖线宽展宽也有贡献.
A softening of phonon-dispersion has been observed experimentally in under-doped cuprate superconductors at the charge-density wave (CDW) ordering wave vector. Interestingly, the softening occurs below the superconducting (SC) transition temperature T$_{c}$, in contrast to the metallic systems, where the softening occurs usually below the CDW onset temperature T$_{\text{CDW}}$. An understanding of the `anomalous' nature of the phonon-softening and its connection to the pseudo-gap phase in under-doped cuprates remain open questions. Within a perturbative approach, we show that a complex interpl…
Superconductivity mediated by phonons is typically conventional, exhibiting a momentum-independent s-wave pairing function, due to the isotropic interactions between electrons and phonons along different crystalline directions. Here, by performing inelastic neutron scattering measurements on a superconducting single crystal of Sr0.1Bi2Se3, a prime candidate for realizing topological superconductivity by doping the topological insulator Bi2Se3, we find that there exist highly anisotropic phonons, with the linewidths of the acoustic phonons increasing substantially at long wavelengths, but only …
Phonon Signature of Charge Inhomogeneity in High Temperature Superconductors YBa2Cu3O{6+x}
用中子非弹性散射测量方法研究了YBa 2Cu 3 O {6+x}中高能纵光学（LO）声子的温度和组分依赖性，为掺杂电荷的温度依赖性空间不均匀性提供了明确的证据.测量结果表明，电荷掺杂增加了带电区域的体积分数，而局部电荷密度保持不变。对于最佳掺杂的样品，电荷分布在超导转变温度附近急剧变化，在Tc以下具有更强的电荷不均匀性。声子对电荷响应的显著幅度表明声子强烈参与电荷动力学。
The application of inhomogeneous niobium point-contacts in the superconducting stata for reconstructing the electron-phonon interaction function is considered. The method is based on the use of the nonlinearity of current-voltage curve, which is due to the inelastic processes of suppressing excess point contact current when nonequilibrium phonons are scattered from the electrons undergoing Andreev reflection. A new model of background occurrence in point-contact Yanson spectra and some ways to correct this background are proposed.
The isotope effect in the superconducting transition temperature is anomalous if the isotope coefficient $α<0$ or $α>1/2$. In this work, we show that such anomalous behaviors can naturally arise within the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer framework if both phonon and non-phonon modes coexist. Different from the case of the standard Eliashberg theory (with only phonon) in which $α\le1/2$, the isotope coefficient can now take arbitrary values in the simultaneous presence of phonon and the other non-phonon mode. In particular, most strikingly, a pair-breaking phonon can give rise to large isotope coeffi…
Electron-phonon interaction in Fe-based superconductors: Coupling of magnetic moments with phonons in LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_{x}$
计算了LaFeAsO $_{1-x}$ F $_{x}$中Fe的磁矩与As $A_{1g}$声子的耦合.我们提出了第一性原理计算的原子和电子结构的LaFeAsO作为电子掺杂的函数。我们使用虚晶近似进行计算，以及与F替代杂质原子的超晶胞计算。计算结果验证了费米能级附近电子结构的虚晶近似。发现费米能级的电子态密度在x=0.125时达到最大值，增强了电子-声子相互作用。如果考虑$A_{1g}$声子与Fe磁矩之间的耦合，则电子-声子参数$λ$将进一步增大.计算结果表明，在不考虑自旋分辨的情况下，电子-声子相互作用可以比其数值大一个数量级。讨论了这些结果对超导转变的意义
Correlation-enhanced electron-phonon coupling: Applications of GW and screened hybrid functional to bismuthates, chloronitrides, and other high Tc superconductors
The results on the behavior of phase-slip centers in thin superconducting wires based on finite-element modeling and time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations are discussed. For closer relationship with experiments, we used finite-gap formulation of the TDGL system. Both the dynamic equation for the Cooper-pair condensate wave-function and the expression for the electric current are more complex than in the gapless case. On this basis, the influence of nonequilibrium phonons is explored. These phonons can essentially change the location of geometrical points in which the phase slippage t…
