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Striped superconductors in the extended Hubbard model

Superconductivity 2015-06-24 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We present a minimal model of a doped Mott insulator that simultaneously supports antiferromagnetic stripes and d-wave superconductivity. We explore the implications for the global phase diagram of the superconducting cuprates. At the unrestricted mean-field level, the various phases of the cuprates, including weak and strong pseudogap phases, and two different types of superconductivity in the underdoped and the overdoped regimes, find a natural interpretation. We argue that on the underdoped side, the superconductor is intrinsically inhomogeneous -- striped coexistence of of superconductivity and magnetism -- and global phase coherence is achieved through Josephson-like coupling of the superconducting stripes. On the overdoped side, the state is overall homogeneous and the superconductivity is of the classical BCS type.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0003316,
  title  = {Striped superconductors in the extended Hubbard model},
  author = {Ivar Martin and Gerardo Ortiz and A. V. Balatsky and A. R. Bishop},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0003316},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 eps figures. Effect of t' on stripe filling + new references are added