overview of unconventional superconductivity
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P.J. Hirschfeld, U. Florida
Koenigstein SFB School April 2014
Introduction to unconventional superconductivity
SPP 1458
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• Review of conventional SC (Blundel lecture!) • What symmetries for ∆ are allowed beyond BCS? • What is unconventional superconductivity? • What are pairing mechanisms besides phonons? • Materials: cuprates, Fe-based, heavy fermions… similarities & differences? Higher Tc?
Outline
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• BCS theory (1957)
John Bardeen
Leon Cooper
Robert Schrieffer
Nobel prize : 1972
Quantum mechanical behavior at the macroscopic scale
Conventional superconductors
s-wave symmetry
Macro. Quantum State
∆ ≡ V⟨c-k↓ ck↑⟩ ~ ∆0eiφ
( ) | 0BCS k k k kk
u v c c∗ ∗↑ − ↓Ψ = + >∏
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How Cooper pairs form in conventional superconductors: the “glue”: electron-phonon interaction
Note: electrons avoid Coulomb repulsion in time (interaction is retarded)
Screened Coulomb Electron-phonon attraction
Effective e-e interaction
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Puzzle 1: is this a good picture of Cooper pairs?
Superconductivity: Ground state
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A: No! For most SC, pair size ξ>>n-1/d
Superconductivity: Ground state
ξ≈n-1/d
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Superconductivity: Ground state
ξ=vF/∆ >> n-1/d
Simple metal: ξ ~ 103 A n-1/d ~ 1A
St. Matthew’s Passion Oxford, UK
Remember that all pairs are phase coherent!
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Superconductivity: Excited states
ξ=vF/∆>>n-1/d
“Bogoliubov quasiparticle”
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Puzzle #2:
Grace à Henri Alloul
pendant
Cooper
Cooper pairs are not independent bosons!
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Is that all there is? Brian Pippard and “The Cat and the Cream” speech IBM 1961
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“I think I might remark that in low-temperature physics the disappearance of liquid helium, superconductivity, and magneto-resistance from the list of major unsolved problems has left this branch of research looking pretty sick from the point of view of any young innocent who thinks he's going to break new ground.”
Is that all there is? Brian Pippard and “The Cat and the Cream” speech IBM 1961
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Discovery of heavy fermion superconductivity in CeCu2Si2 1979
F. Steglich
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Alex Müller and Georg Bednorz
Z. Physik, June 1986
High temperature superconductivity
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Alex Müller and Georg Bednorz
Z. Physik, June 1986
High temperature superconductivity
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Discovery of LaO1−xFxFeAs Kamihara et al JACS 2008
Tc,max=26 K
H. Hosono
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• Monolayer FeSe??
• Monolayer FeSe??
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Can we get high Tc from conventional superconductivity? First: Eliashberg strong coupling theory for electron-phonon systems
There are deviations from BCS for most materials, even elements.
Strong coupling Eliashberg theory provides quantitively accurate predictions for all conventional superconductors based on knowing the electron-phonon interaction, summarized in the phonon spectral density α2F(ω), which can be calculated or measured by experiment.
Electron Self-Energy =Σ ),( ωk
….
α α F(ω)
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Can we get high Tc from conventional superconductivity?
PRL ‘87
PRB ‘88
Electron-phonon Tc
max ~ 40K
Electron-phonon Tc
max ~ 20-30K
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Pairing and the Pauli principle I. 1-band systems with inversion and time-reversal symmetry
Single-particle states |k↑⟩ and |-k↓⟩ = T |k↑⟩ are degenerate if T -symmetry is preserved (Kramers). Superconducting interaction is maximized by pairing degenerate states.
Centrosymmetric crystal ⇒ |k↑⟩ and |-k↑⟩ = P|k↑⟩ degenerate also! Then 4 states are degenerate:
General pair wave fctn. must obey Pauli principle:
two possibilities:
BCS chose “pair wave function”
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Pairing and the Pauli principle II. Generalized BCS theory
Conventional BCS gap eqn
Generalized BCS gap equation
“the pair potential” or “the glue” “the condensate” or
“the pair wave function”
“the gap fctn” or “the order parameter”
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Pairing and the Pauli principle III. Singlet vs. triplet pairing
∆∆∆∆
=∆↓↓↓↑
↑↓↑↑
e.g. d z ⇒ ∆↑↓= ∆↓↑ , i.e. the Sz=0 component of the triplet | ↑↓+ ↓↑⟩/√2
Gap functions for different spin pairs
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Pairing and the Pauli principle IV. Orbital symmetry of Cooper pairs
BCS: pairing is confined to a thin shell of energies near the Fermi surface:
“weak coupling”: pair wave function “lives on the Fermi surface”, i.e. ωD
So expand:
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& insert into BCS gap eqn.:
Project out each ℓ-channel. Usually only single ℓ channel important since
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Pairing and the Pauli principle V. Consequences of Pauli principle for multiple bands
Note “exotic” possibilities a) even parity S=1 and b) odd parity S=0 involve intraband pairing of k and –k, hence are energetically disfavored.
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Terminology
• Conventional/unconventional: “unconventional pairing” occurs when electrons are bound by exchange of electronic excitations rather than phonons. • Trivial/nontrivial: “nontrivial pairing” refers to “non-s-wave” pairing, i.e the Cooper pair wave function has a symmetry less than that of the lattice.
Warning: “unconventional” is used in many early papers to mean “nontrivial”
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Two paradigms for superconductivity
• Conventional pairing: USUALLY occurs in ℓ=0 pairing channel to take advantage of the attractive electron-phonon interaction at r=0 – avoid Coulomb repulsion in time
• Unconventional pairing: USUALLY occurs in higher-ℓ pairing channel to avoid the Coulomb interaction in space – Ψ has node at r=0
Warning: weird counterexamples: theories of d-wave pairing from phonons, extended s-wave pairing from electronic excitations
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• can be required by symmetry e.g. d-wave ∆k ~ kx
2 – ky2
• can be “accidental”, due to details of pair potential Vkk’
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N.B. Pt. group G has finite # irreps ⇒ sum over many functions with same symmetry e.g. A1g: 1, cos 4θ,... or B1g: cos 2θ, cos 6θ, ...
Consequences of nontrivial pairing I. Low energy quasiparticle excitations (nodes)
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Order parameter ∆(k) shape in A1g representations—1 band
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Fermi surface Fermi surface
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Nodal excitations dominate low T properties
|∆(k)|
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Linear DOS from line nodes
22 200 0
( ) Re2 ( )
dN φ ω ωωπ ω φ φ
= ≈∆− ∆ −
∫
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N(ω
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ω ∆0
|∆(k)|
|∆(k)|
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Example: T2 specific heat from line nodes
0
( )N ωω ≈∆
2
0( ) ( ) ( ) ~ ~
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F F
F
T TE d N f N d f TE E
dE TCdT E
ω ω ω ω ω ω ω
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∫ ∫ Estimate for energy of free Fermi gas:
# excitations energy/ excitation
Estimate for energy of nodal SC:
2 2
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F F
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T TE d N f N d f TE E
dE TCdT E
ωω ω ω ω ω ω ω
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∫ ∫ 3
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Detecting low-energy quasiparticle states N
(ω)
ω ∆0
s d
~ T/∆0
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Dimension of nodal surface
C(T)~exp(-∆/T) C(T)~T3 C(T)~T2
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Consequences of nontrivial pairing II. Possible nontrivial phase diagrams
Superfluid 3He
2 complex components
9 complex components (dµ=Aµiki)
UPt3
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Consequences of nontrivial pairing III. Nonmagnetic impurities and surfaces break pairs (anisotropic and/or sign-changing gap)
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Consequences of nontrivial pairing III. Nonmagnetic impurities and surfaces break pairs (sign-changing gap)
Andreev bound state at 110 of d-wave SC Zn impurity at surface of d-wave SC
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Sample Bias (mV)
YBCO
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Consequences of nontrivial pairing IV. Order parameter collective modes (multicomponent order param)
Not yet observed convincingly in superconductors!
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Consequences of nontrivial pairing V. Novel types of vortex structures
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Consequences of nontrivial pairing VI. Novel Josephson effects
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Prehistory: Kohn-Luttinger 1965
Also: Landau and Pitaevskii Walter Kohn Quinn Luttinger
KL (1962): an electron gas with no phonons and only repulsive Coulomb interactions can be a superconductor!
A new paradigm: electrons avoid repulsive part of Coulomb interaction in space rather than time!
Unconventional pairing
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Prehistory: Kohn-Luttinger 1965
Friedel: screened Coulomb interaction
3/2cos)( rrkrV F=
At finite distances, screened Coulomb interaction becomes attractive: finite-L pairing
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effective pairing interaction
bare interaction (repulsive)
screening terms (attractive in some L-channels)
Prehistory: Kohn-Luttinger 1965
Example: short range U>0 for rotationally invariant system (≈ 3He )
U
)5.2exp( 4LET Fc −≈
Best calculation in 1965: Brueckner Soda Anderson Morel PR 1960 : predicted L=2 for 3He ⇒ Tc ~ 10-17K But had they taken L=1 they would have gotten Tc ~ 1 mK!
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Spin fluctuations
1st electron polarizes medium ferromagnetically, 2nd lowers its energy by aligning ⇒ attraction
(ferromagnetic)
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Stoner theory: enhanced polarization from interactions
Im χ
(q,ω
)
ω/EF
I=UN0
I=0.98
In limit UN0 →1, excitations become very sharp (``paramagnons”)
U
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Effective singlet interaction from spin fluctuations (Berk-Schrieffer 1966)
Spin fluctuation theories of pairing
Vs
χ0
χ0
χ0 U Screened Coulomb
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Results for pairing interactions
attractive
repulsive
Total pairing singlet channel:
Vs(k,k’) =
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Effective interaction from spin fluctuations (Berk-Schrieffer 1961)
Spin fluctuation theories of pairing paradigm: d-wave in cuprates from antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations
d-wave takes advantage of peak in spin fluct. interaction at π,π!
( , )p pπ π+∆ = −∆
repulsive interactions!!!
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remember at least some channels must be attractive in order to form Cooper bound state
k-space: Vs(k-k’)∼V0+V2φd(k) φd(k’)+… r-space
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Unconventional pairing from multiple Fermi pockets around high symmetry points
D. F. Agterberg , V. Barzykin, L.P. Gor’kov PRB 80, 14868 (1999)
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kz
possible singlet BCS solutions: 1D: A1g s-wave 3D: E1g d-wave
λ−µ
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Unconventional pairing from multiple Fermi pockets around high symmetry points
D. F. Agterberg , V. Barzykin, L.P. Gor’kov PRB 80, 14868 (1999)
kz
Same idea, only easier, in 2D
ky
kx
Uintra<0
Uinter>0
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Unconventional pairing from multiple Fermi pockets around high symmetry points
D. F. Agterberg , V. Barzykin, L.P. Gor’kov PRB 80, 14868 (1999)
kz ky
kx
Uintra<0
Uinter>0
∆=+
+
(nodeless) d-wave
∆=− −
Same idea, only easier, in 2D
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Materials: phase diagrams a) heavy fermions b) cuprates
c) Fe-based d) Organic charge-transfer salts
Similar phase diagrams: “A common thread?” D.J. Scalapino, RMP 2013
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p~0.1 p~0.2
T
doping
d-wave SC:
( )0 cos cos2k x yk k∆
∆ = −
Cuprates: status report
Tc is too high for electron-phonon “glue” to work! What holds pairs together?
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“chains”
Cuprate crystal structures
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Action takes place in CuO2 planes doped by charge reservoirs
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d-wave pairing in cuprates: 3 crucial experiments 1. London penetration depth. W. Hardy et al. PRL 1993
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EF
ARPES=Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
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d-wave pairing in cuprates: 3 crucial experiments 2. ARPES ZX Shen et al. PRL 1993
Fits ∆k = ∆0 (cos kx-cos ky) well!
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d-wave pairing in cuprates: 3 crucial experiments 3. Phase sensitive experiments—Josephson tunneling
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Bicrystal ring
s-wave
d-wave
“pi-junction” ⇒ flux quantized in 1/2Φ0
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Tsuei/Kirtley tricrystal expt.: YBCO on STO, etc.
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Iron-based superconductors
• Rotter et al. arXiv: PRL (2008)
• Ni et al Phys. Rev. B 2008 (single xtals)
• Kamihara et al JACS (2008) •Ren et al Chin. Phys. Lett. (2008)
Wang et al Sol. St. Comm. 2008
Tc=18K Tc=38K Tc=28K (55K for Sm)
Tc=8K
Hsu et al PNAS 2008
No arsenic !
Recent reviews: G.R. Stewart RMP 2012 Paglione & Greene Nat Phys 2010; Johnston Adv. Phys. 2010
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Heavy fermion materials
CeCoIn5
CeCu2Si2
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ISS2010, Tsukuba
d-wave pairing in CeCoIn5: specific heat anisotropy
H
H/H
c2
A. Vorontsov and IV, ’06-07 •Shaded area: C/T minimum for H||node
•Unshaded: C/T maximum for H||node
• suggestive of dx2-y2 pairing in CeCoIn5
• prediction: anisotropy inversion at lower T, H
K. An et al. ‘10
CeCoIn5
dx2-y2
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Strand et al PRL 2009
f-wave pairing in UPt3: Josephson-Frauenhofer spectroscopy
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Conclusions
Reading: “Phenomenological theory of unconventional superconductivity”, M. Sigrist and K. Ueda, Rev. Mod. Phys. 63, 239 (1991); “Introduction to Unconventional Superconductivity”, by V. P. Mineev and K.V. Samokhin (Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam), 1999; “Pairing symmetry in cuprate superconductors”, C. C. Tsuei and J. R. Kirtley, Rev. Mod. Phys. 72, 974 (2000); “Introduction to Unconventional Superconductivity, Manfred Sigrist, Lecture Notes AIP Conference Proceedings 789, 165 (2005) [Available online]
• Conventional pairing: USUALLY occurs in ℓ=0 pairing channel to take advantage of the attractive electron-phonon interaction at r=0 – avoid Coulomb repulsion in time
• Unconventional pairing: USUALLY occurs in higher-ℓ pairing channel to avoid the Coulomb interaction in space – Ψ has node at r=0 • Exotic effects in SC state due to non ℓ=0 symmetry