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The physical properties of high-$T_c$ superconductors are affected by spatial inhomogeneities introduced by impurities. In addition, superconductivity and electronic nematicity seem intertwined in these materials. To address these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-12-23 Alexandre Foley , David Sénéchal

Using scanning micro X-ray diffraction we report a mixed real and reciprocal space visualization of the spatial heterogeneity of the lattice incommensurate supermodulation in single crystal of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y with Tc=84 K. The mapping shows…

We suggest that the high temperature superconductivity in cuprate compounds may emerge due to interaction between copper-oxygen layers mediated by in-plane plasmons. The strength of the interaction is determined by the c-axis geometry and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. N. Chernodub

We review some aspects of the interplay between inhomogeneities at long length scales and the intrinsic fluctuations of Cooper pairs above Tc in HTSC. These inhomogeneities do not directly affect the thermal fluctuations, but they may…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Vidal , J. A. Veira , J. Maza , J. Mosqueira , C. Carballeira

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy experiments on a number of cuprate superconductors have revealed that these materials are highly inhomogeneous. However, even though this inhomogeneity is well-characterized experimentally, a theoretical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-14 Miguel Antonio Sulangi

Several recent experiments have revealed that the charge density $\rho$ in a given compound (mostly underdoped) is intrinsic inhomogeneous with large nanoscale spatial variations. Therefore it is appropriate to define a local charge density…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 E. V. L. de Mello , E. S. Caixeiro , J. L. González

We propose a general theory for the critical $T_c$ and pseudogap $T^*$ temperature dependence on the doping concentration for high-$T_c$ oxides, taking into account the charge inhomogeneities in the $CuO_2$ planes. The well measured…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 E. V. L. de Mello , E. S. Caixeiro , J. L. Gonzaléz

In this study we perform numerical calculations of the spatial and time variation of the magnetic induction, current density and temperature in an infinite superconducting slab with macroscopic inhomogeneities. We also modeled an…

Recent scanning tunneling microscope (STM) measurements discovered remarkable electronic inhomogeneity, i.e. nano-scale spatial variations of the local density of states (LDOS) and the superconducting energy gap, in the high-Tc…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Ziqiang Wang , Jan R. Engelbrecht , Shancai Wang , Hong Ding , Shuheng H. Pan

We show from a bond valence sum correlation that very high superconducting $ T_{c} $ values should be found in optimally hole-doped infinite-layer ACuO$ _{2} $ cuprates - up to 160~K for A = Ba. The projected increase in $ T_{c} $ across…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-12-07 B. P. P. Mallett , N. Gaston , J. G. Storey , G. V. M. Williams , A. B. Kaiser , J. L. Tallon

The parent compounds of the copper oxide high-Tc superconductors are unusual insulators. Superconductivity arises when they are properly doped away from stoichiometry1. In Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x, superconductivity results from doping with excess…

Cuprate superconductors display robust in-plane electronic correlations but exceptionally fragile interlayer coherence. We suggest that even weak vertically correlated disorder (arising from interstitial-oxygen staging, twin boundaries,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-12 E. Yu. Beliayev , Y. K. Mishra , I. G. Mirzoiev , V. V. Andrievskii , A. V. Terekhov

Under certain conditions, the order parameter induced by a superconductor (S) in a ferromagnet (F) can be inhomogeneous and oscillating, which results e.g. in the so-called pi-coupling in S/F/S junctions. In principle, the inhomogeneous…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Rusanov , R. Boogaard , M. Hesselberth , H. Sellier , J. Aarts

The intricate interplay of structural, charge and spin orders in layered cuprates leads to emergent phenomena, most notably high-temperature superconductivity. However, there is growing awareness that both the structure and electronic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-25 Mark S. Senn , Evie Ladbrook , Jon Wright

The phase diagram associated with the high Tc superconductors is complicated by an array of different ground states. The parent material represents an antiferromagnetic insulator but with doping superconductivity becomes possible with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-21 Nader Zaki , Hongbo Yang , Jon Rameau , Helmut Claus , David G. Hinks , Peter D. Johnson

Understanding physics of high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductors remains one of the important problems in materials science. Though a number of diverse theories argue about the superconductivity and competing orders, ab initio and quantitative…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-29 Takahiro Ohgoe , Motoaki Hirayama , Takahiro Misawa , Kota Ido , Youhei Yamaji , Masatoshi Imada

Inhomogeneous s-wave superconductivity is studied in the two-dimensional, square lattice attractive Hubbard Hamiltonian using the Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) mean field approximation. We find that at weak coupling, and for densities mainly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Aryanpour , E. R. Dagotto , M. Mayr , T. Paiva , W. E. Pickett , R. T. Scalettar

Among the mysteries surrounding unconventional, strongly correlated superconductors is the possibility of spatial variations in their superfluid density. We use atomic-resolution Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy to reveal a strongly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-14 D. Cho , K. M. Bastiaans , D. Chatzopoulos , G. D. Gu , M. P. Allan

Considerable progress has been made over the last decade in understanding the phenomenological properties of the cuprate high-T$_{c}$ superconductors and in producing well characterized high quality materials. Nevertheless, the pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Schneider , J. M. Singer

We propose to increase the superconducting transition temperature Tc of strongly correlated materials by designing heterostructures which exhibit a high pairing energy as a result of magnetic fluctuations. More precisely, applying an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-20 Karyn Le Hur , Chung-Hou Chung , I. Paul