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Paraconductivity of pseudogapped superconductors

Superconductivity 2018-01-17 v1

Abstract

We calculate Aslamazov-Larkin paraconductity σAL(T)\sigma_{AL}(T) for a model of strongly disordered superconductors (dimensions d=2,3d=2,3) with a large pseudogap whose magnitude strongly exceeds transition temperature TcT_c. We show that, within Gaussian approximation over Cooper-pair fluctuations, paraconductivity is just twice larger that the classical AL result at the same ϵ=(TTc)/Tc\epsilon = (T-T_c)/T_c. Upon decreasing ϵ\epsilon, Gaussian approximation is violated due to local fluctuations of pairing fields that become relevant at ϵϵ11\epsilon \leq \epsilon_1 \ll 1 . Characteristic scale ϵ1\epsilon_1 is much larger than the width ϵ2\epsilon_2 of the thermodynamical critical region, that is determined via the Ginzburg criterion, ϵ2ϵ1d\epsilon_2 \approx \epsilon_1^d. We argue that in the intermediate region ϵ2ϵϵ1\epsilon_2 \leq \epsilon \leq \epsilon_1 paraconductivity follows the same AL power law, albeit with another (yet unknown) numerical prefactor. At further decrease of the temperature, all kinds of fluctuational corrections become strong at ϵϵ2\epsilon \leq \epsilon_2; in particular, conductivity occurs to be strongly inhomogeneous in real space.

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@article{arxiv.1710.02363,
  title  = {Paraconductivity of pseudogapped superconductors},
  author = {Igor Poboiko and Mikhail Feigel'man},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.02363},
  year   = {2018}
}

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16 pages, 10 figures

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