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Quasiparticle Spectrum of Vortices in Cuprates

Superconductivity 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

The quasiparticle excitation spectrum of an isolated vortex in a clean layered d-wave superconductor is calculated, using both the Bogoliubov--de Gennes and the quasiclassical Eilenberger equations. Analytical solutions are obtained within the model of step-variation of the gap function, adjusting the Caroli, de Gennes and Matricon approach for low-lying excitations in cuprates. A large peak in the density of states in the "pancake" vortex core is found, caused by the two-dimensional and strong coupling nature of high-temperature superconductivity.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9812129,
  title  = {Quasiparticle Spectrum of Vortices in Cuprates},
  author = {Irena Knezevic and Zoran Radovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9812129},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

8 pages, Latex, uses spie1.sty, 6 eps figures, published in SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 3481 (SPIE, Bellingham, 1998), p. 106-113