Thursday, April 12, 2012

1108.4375 (Dan Wulin et al.)

A Pre-formed Pair Approach to Pseudogap Effects in the ab-Plane Optical
Conductivity of the Cuprates
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Dan Wulin, Hao Guo, Chih-Chun Chien, K. Levin
We address how the finite frequency real conductivity $\sigma(\omega)$ in the underdoped cuprates is affected by pseudogap effects, presuming that the pseudogap is associated with non-condensed pairs that arise from stronger-than-BCS attraction. This necessarily leads to both a Drude and a mid infrared (MIR) peak with the latter associated with the energy needed to break pairs. The effects on $\sigma(\omega)$ due to superconducting coherence are demonstrated. The f-sum rule is analytically shown to hold and the implied effects of the pseudogap appear generally consistent with experiment.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.4375

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