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Superconducting mechanism for the cuprate Ba$_2$CuO$_{3+\delta}$ based on a multiorbital Lieb lattice model

Superconductivity 2020-09-08 v3

Abstract

For the recently discovered cuprate superconductor Ba2CuO3+δ\mathrm{Ba_{2}CuO_{3+\delta}}, we propose a lattice structure which resembles the model considered by Lieb to represent the vastly oxygen-deficient material. We first investigate the stability of the Lieb-lattice structure, and then construct a multiorbital Hubbard model based on first-principles calculation. By applying the fluctuation-exchange approximation to the model and solving the linearized Eliashberg equation, we show that ss-wave and dd-wave pairings closely compete with each other, and, more interestingly, that the intra-orbital and inter-orbital pairings coexist. We further show that, if the energy of the d3z2r2d_{3z^2-r^2} band is raised to make it "incipient" with the lower edge of the band close to the Fermi level within a realistic band filling regime, s±s\pm-wave superconductivity is strongly enhanced. We reveal an intriguing relation between the Lieb model and the two-orbital model for the usual K2_2NiF4_4 structure where a close competition between ss- and dd-wave pairings is known to occur. The enhanced superconductivity in the present model is further shown to be related to an enhancement found previously in the bilayer Hubbard model with an incipient band.

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@article{arxiv.2003.04015,
  title  = {Superconducting mechanism for the cuprate Ba$_2$CuO$_{3+\delta}$ based on a multiorbital Lieb lattice model},
  author = {Kimihiro Yamazaki and Masayuki Ochi and Daisuke Ogura and Kazuhiko Kuroki and Hiroshi Eisaki and Shinichi Uchida and Hideo Aoki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04015},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

19 pages, 20 figures; references and figures updated