Pseudogap isotope effect as a probe of bipolaron mechanism in high temperature superconductors
11 Pseudogap isotope effect as a probe of bipolaron mechanism in high temperature superconductors Victor D. Lakhno
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 125047 Moscow, Russia; [email protected];
Abstract:
A theory of a pseudogap phase of high-temperature superconductors where current carriers are translation invariant bipolarons is developed. A temperature ๐ โ of a transition from a pseudogap phase to a normal one is calculated. For the temperature of a transition to the pseudogap phase, the isotope coefficient is found. It is shown that the results obtained, in particular, the possibility of negative values of the isotope coefficient are consistent with the experiment. New experiments on the influence of the magnetic field on the isotope coefficient are proposed. Keywords: incoherent electron pairs; Pekar-Frรถhlich Hamiltonian; charged Bose gas; optical phonon
1. Introduction
Among the most amazing and mysterious phenomena of high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) is the existence of a pseudogap phase at a temperature above the critical temperature of a superconducting (SC) transition [1]-[5]. In a pseudogap phase the spectral density of states near the Fermi surface demonstrates a gap for
๐ > ๐ ๐ , where ๐ ๐ is a temperature of a SC transition which persists up to the temperatures ๐ โ (๐ โ > ๐ ๐ ) above which the pseudogap disappears. Presently the explanation of this phenomenon is reduced to two possibilities. According to the first one, it is believed that for ๐ > ๐ ๐ some incoherent electron pairs persist in the sample, while for ๐ < ๐ ๐ their motion becomes coherent and they pass on to the SC state. For ๐ > ๐ โ , the pairs disintegrate and the pseudogap state disappears [6]-[9]. According to the second one, the transition to the pseudogap phase is not concerned with superconductivity, but is caused by the formation of a certain phase with a hidden order parameter or a phase with spin fluctuations [10]-[12]. Presently the first viewpoint on the nature of a pseudogap in HTSC increasingly dominates which is associated with the idea that paired electron states exist for ๐ > ๐ ๐ . The question of the nature of paired electron states per se remains open. In this paper paired electron states are taken to be translation invariant (TI) bipolarons. The TI bipolaron theory of SC based on the Pekar-Frรถhlich Hamiltonian of electron-phonon interaction (EPI) when EPI cannot be considered to be weak as distinct from the BardeenโCooperโSchrieffer theory [12], was developed in papers [13]-[15] (see also review [16]). The role of Cooper pairs in this theory belongs to TI bipolarons whose size ( โ 1๐๐ ) is much less than that of Cooper pairs (โ 10 ๐๐) . According to [13]-[16], in HTSC materials TI bipolarons are formed near the Fermi surface and represent a charged Bose gas capable of experiencing Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) at high critical temperature which determines the temperature of a SC transition. As distinct from Cooper pairs, TI bipolarons have their own excitation spectrum [13]-[16]: ๐ธ ๐๐๐ = ๐ธ ๐๐ โ ๐,0 + (๐ + ๐ธ ๐๐ + ๐ /2๐ ๐ )(1 โ โ ๐,0 ), (1) ๐ ๐ = 2๐, โ ๐,0 = 1 for k= โ ๐,0 = 0 for ๐ โ 0, where ๐ธ ๐๐ is the ground state energy of a TI bipolaron (reckoned from the Fermi level), ๐ is the frequency of an optical phonon (ฤง = 1) , m is a mass of a band electron (hole), k is a wave vector numbering excited states of a TI bipolaron. This spectrum has a gap which in the isotropic case is equal to the frequency of an optical phonon ๐ . At that, the inequality ๐ โซ |๐ธ ๐๐ | corresponds to the case of a weak EPI, ๐ โช |๐ธ ๐๐ | - to the case of strong coupling and ๐ ~|๐ธ ๐๐ | - to the case of intermediate coupling. According to [13]-[16], the number of TI bipolarons ๐ ๐๐ at temperature ะข=0 is equal to: ๐ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ /2๐ธ ๐น , where N is the total number of electrons (holes), ๐ธ ๐น is the Fermi energy, i.e. ๐ ๐๐ โช ๐ . The scenario of a SC based on the idea of a TI bipolaron as a fundamental boson responsible for superconducting properties explains many thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of HTSC [13]-[16]. For this reason, the problem of the temperature of a transition to the pseudogap state and its isotope dependence is of interest.
2. Temperature of a pseudogap phase
Obviously, the temperature of a transition from a pseudogap phase to a normal one ๐ โ in this model is determined by disintegration of TI bipolarons into individual TI polarons. Thermodynamically, the value of ๐ โ should be determined from the condition that the free energy of a TI bipolaron gas exceeds the free energy of a TI polaron gas determined by the spectrum of TI polarons: ๐ธ ๐๐ = ๐ธ ๐ โ ๐,0 + (๐ + ๐ธ ๐ + ๐ /2๐)(1 โ โ ๐,0 ) (2) where ๐ธ ๐ is the energy of the polaron ground state. For further consideration it is significant that the number of TI bipolarons in HTSC compounds is ๐ ๐๐ โช ๐ . For ๐ = ๐/๐ = 10 ๐๐ โ3 , where ๐ is the system volume, the typical values of ๐ ๐๐ are of the order of ๐ ๐๐ ~10 รท 10 ๐๐ โ3 [13]-[16]. Taking into account that ๐ โ > ๐ ๐ , in order to calculate the statistical sum of the bipolaron gas ๐ ๐๐ in the vicinity of ๐ โ one can use a classical approximation which requires that in the region of stability of the bipolaron gas the inequality: ๐ โ > ๐ > ๐ ๐ (3) be fulfilled. In this case the expression for the statistical sum of the TI bipolaron gas has the form: ๐ ๐๐ = 1าป ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ! โ โซ ๐ ๐๐ ๐=1 ๐ ๐ ๐ โ๐ธ ๐๐ ๐๐ /๐ = [๐ โ(๐ +๐ธ ๐๐ )/๐ (2๐๐ ๐ ๐าป ) ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ] ๐ ๐๐ (4) where ๐ โ 2,718 is the natural logarithm base, ีฐ = 2๐ฤง is Planัk constant (we use the energy units and put Boltzmann constant to unity). Accordingly, for the statistical sum of a TI polaron gas formed as a result of disintegration of TI bipolarons, similarly to (4), we get: ๐ ๐ = [๐ โ(๐ +๐ธ ๐ )/๐ (2๐๐๐) ีฐ ๐๐2๐ ๐๐ ] ๐๐ (5) The condition of stability of a TI bipolaron gas with respect to its decay into a TI polaron gas is written as: ๐ ๐๐ โฅ ๐ ๐ (6) where the equality describes the case of an equilibrium between the two gases which corresponds to the equation for temperature ๐ โ of a transition from a normal phase to a pseudogap one. Substitution of (4), (5) into (6) leads to the condition: โ= |๐ธ ๐๐ | + ๐ โ 2|๐ธ ๐ | โฅ 32 ๐ ln รฆ๐, รฆ = (๐4) ๐๐๐ ๐๐2/3 ีฐ (7) In the case of equality expression (7) yields the equation for determining ๐ โ : ๐ง = ๐๐ ๐ , ๐ โ = รฆ โ1 ๐ ๐ , ๐ง = 2รฆโ/3 (8) Figure 1 shows the solution W=W(z) (Lambert function) (8) on condition that requirement (3) is fulfilled. Figure. 1. Solution W(z) of equation (8) It holds on the interval โ๐ โ1 < ๐ง < โ. On the interval โ๐ โ1 < ๐ง < 0 Lambert function is negative. Requirement (3) leads to the condition: -2,28 < W < โ . Taking into account the expression for the temperature of a SC transition obtained in [13]-[16]: ๐ ๐ = ๐ ๐ (๐ ) = (๐น (0)/๐น (๐ /๐ ๐ )) ๐ ๐ (0), (9) ๐ ๐ (0) = 3,31ฤง ๐ ๐๐2/3 /๐ ๐ , ๐น (๐ฅ) = 2โ๐ โซ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐ก+๐ฅ โ 1 โ0 , we express ๐ โ as: ๐ โ โ 9,8 (๐น (๐ /๐ ๐ )/๐น (0)) ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ (10) Thus for example, for ๐ โ ๐ ๐ we obtain from (10) ๐ โ โ 3๐ ๐ (1)๐๐ฅ๐๐, where ๐ ๐ (1) is determined by (9): ๐ ๐ (1) โ 3,3๐ ๐ (0) that is for W =0 the pseudogap temperature ๐ โ exceeds the temperature of a SC transition ๐ ๐ more than threefold. For ๐ >> ๐ ๐ the temperature of a pseudogap phase is ๐ โ >> ๐ ๐ (1). In this case for estimating ๐ โ we can use an approximate formula derived from (8): ๐ โ โ โ/๐๐ รฆโ, รฆ|โ| > (11) This limit, however, is observed in experiments only rarely. It can be concluded that in HTSC materials the main contribution into EPI leading to SC is made by phonon frequencies with ๐ <๐ ๐ (๐ < 10 ๐๐๐). This estimate is an order of magnitude less than the estimates of phonon frequencies which are generally believed to make the main contribution into the SC [13]. It also follows from (11) that ๐ โ grows only logarithmically as the concentration of ๐ ๐๐ increases, while ๐ ๐ ~๐ ๐๐2/3 . Hence for a certain value of ๐ ๐๐ , the condition ๐ โ < ๐ ๐ can be fulfilled which corresponds to disappearance of a pseudogap phase as it follows from the form of the exact solution of equation (8). In HTSC materials this takes place as doping increases to an optimal value for which the pseudogap phase no longer exists.
3. Isotope Coefficient for the Pseudogap Phase
The TI bipolaron theory of the pseudogap phase developed above enables one to investigate its isotopic properties. It follows from (8) that like the SC phase, the pseudogap one possesses the isotopic effect. According to (8), the isotope coefficient is: ๐ผ โ = โ๐๐๐๐ โ /๐๐๐๐, (12) where M is the mass of an atom replaced by its isotope. With regard to the fact that ๐ ~๐ โ1/2 it takes the form (see Appendix): ๐ผ โ = ๐ โ . (13) It follows from (13) and Figure 1 that for the lower branch:
๐(๐ง) < โ1 and ๐ผ โ < 0. Accordingly, for the upper branch:
๐(๐ง) > โ1 and ๐ผ โ > 0 . It should be noted that the upper branch corresponds to ๐ > ๐ โ , while the lower branch to ๐ < ๐ โ , where ๐ โ โ ๐ ๐ . Expressions (10), (13) yield: ๐ = ๐๐ [๐ (๐น (0)/๐น (๐ /๐ ๐ )) ๐ โ /๐ ๐ ], (14) where ๐ โ 0,1. Figure 2 illustrates the graph of the dependence ๐ผ โ (๐ ). Figure 2. Dependence of the isotope coefficient for the pseudogap temperature ๐ โ on the phonon frequency ๐ (๐ โ โ ๐ ๐ ). Hence, depending on the value of the phonon frequency ๐ coefficient ๐ผ โ can have any sign and the value: ๐ผ โ < 0 for ๐ < ๐ โ and ๐ผ โ > 0 for ๐ > ๐ โ . For ๐ = ๐ โ , the isotope coefficient becomes infinite: ๐ผ โ (๐ โ ยฑ 0) = ยฑโ. The results obtained suggest that the isotope exponent diverges for ๐ โ ๐ โ , i.e. for ๐ โ โ ๐ ๐ (Figure 2). Great negative values of the isotope coefficient in the pseudogap state were observed experimentally in [17]-[19]. It should be noted that in some cases negative values of the isotope coefficient were also observed in ordinary SC [20], which exceeded in modulus the value of the isotope coefficient in monoatomic systems ฮฑ=0.5 yielded by the BCS. According to the theory suggested this is possible for ๐ โ โ ๐ ๐ .
4. Isotope coefficient for pseudogap phase in magnetic field.
According to [15], the spectrum of a TI bipolaron in a magnetic field ๐ตโ is determined by the modified expression (1): ๐ธ ๐ะฒั = ๐ธ ะฒั โ ๐,0 + (๐ + ๐ธ ะฒั + ๐ /2๐ ๐ + ษณ ะฒั (๐ตโ ๐โ ) /2๐ ๐ ) (1 โ โ ๐,0 ), (15) where the quantity ษณ ะฒั , according to [15], is related to the first critical field SC ๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ as: ษณ ะฒั = โ2๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ The spectrum of a TI polaron will be determined by relation (2), since in weak fields
๐ต < ๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ the magnetic field leaves it practically unchanged ( ๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ , being the first critical field, is always much less than the value of the quantizing magnetic field of a TI polaron). Performing calculations similar to Section 2, we obtain the same relations as in Sections 2, 3 where ๐ should be replaced by ๐ฬ = ๐ (1 + ๐ต /๐ต ๐๐๐ฅ2 ). Thus, for example, the graph of the dependence ๐ผ(๐ ) , determined by Fig.2, in a magnetic field will be a graph of the dependence ๐ผ(๐ฬ ) . Hence, for ๐ฬ < ๐ โ an increase in the field value will lead to larger negative values of the isotope coefficient, and for ๐ฬ > ๐ โ to smaller positive values ๐ผ โ . In particular, a situation is possible when, for a certain value of the field, the isotope coefficient, being negative, as the field increases, becomes infinite at the point ๐ฬ = ๐ โ and becomes positive for ๐ฬ > ๐ โ . It will be interesting to verify these conclusions experimentally.
5. Discussion
Here we have shown that the existence of the pseudogap state and non-standard behavior of the isotope coefficient in HTSC materials can be explained on the basis of the electron-phonon interaction without the involvement of any other scenarios [21]-[25]. We witness further discussion on the nature of the pseudogap phase in HTSC materials (see for example [26], [27]). It follows from the foregoing consideration that the pseudogap is a universal effect and should arise as TI bipolarons are formed in a system. The fact that for a long time the occurrence of the pseudogap phase was associated with side effects is caused by that this phase is observed even in ordinary SC [28]-[33], where the occurrence of the pseudogap was explained by a crystallographic disorder or reduced dimensionality which are usually observed in disordered metals. In this connection recent experiments with MgB HTSC seem to be of importance [34]. As distinct from oxide ceramics, MgB does not have a magnetic order and, as proponents of an external nature of the pseudogap state suggest, should not have a pseudogap. To exclude any other possibilities concerned with disorder, low-dimensionality effects, etc. in experiment [34] use was made of highly perfect crystals. Experiments made in [34] convincingly demonstrated the availability of the pseudogap state in MgB and responsibility of EPI for this state. The results obtained provide good evidence for the TI bipolaron mechanism of the formation of the pseudogap state. The simple scenario presented in the paper may overlap with the effects associated with spin fluctuations, formation of charge density waves (CDW) and spin density waves (SDW), pair density waves (PDW) and bond density waves (BDW), formation of stripes (for example, a giant isotopic effect caused by EPI was observed in La Sr x CuO in the vicinity of the temperature of charged stripe ordering when replacing by [35]), clusters, other types of interactions, etc. The suggested TI bipolaron mechanism of the pseudogap phase formation and explanation of isotopic effects in HTSC materials on its basis are also important in view of universality of this mechanism. In recent paper by the author [36] it was shown that the TI-bipolaron theory of SC with strong EPI can explain the dependence of an isotope coefficient in HTSC on the critical temperature of SC transition and London penetration depth. The reason why the EPI in HTSC materials is strong lies in the dominant role of ๐ near the nodal direction even when it has a small value (EPI coupling is infinite if ๐ is zero in nodal direction). At present, there are only a few experiments to study the isotope effect in the pseudogap phase. The experiments on the influence of the magnetic field on the isotope coefficient proposed in the paper for the temperature of the transition to the pseudogap phase are new. The agreement of the experimental results with the theoretical predictions would indicate the validity of the assumption of the TI bipolaron mechanism of HTSC. Appendix. Derivation of Formula (13)
Taking into account the relation ๐ ~๐ โ1/2 from (12) we will get: ๐ผ โ = 12 ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ = ๐ โ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ . (A1) It follows from (8) that: ๐๐ โ ๐๐ = รฆ โ1 ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ = ๐ โ๐ . (A2) Taking into account that ๐๐ง/๐ = 2รฆ/3 for ๐๐ โ /๐๐ determined by (A2), we will get: ๐๐ โ ๐๐ = 23(1 + ๐) . (A3) It follows from (A1) and (A3) the expression (13) for isotope coefficient ๐ผ โ : ๐ผ โ = ๐ โ
11 + ๐(๐ง) .
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