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Out of plane optical conductivity in d-wave superconductors
We study theoretically the out of plane optical conductivity of d-wave
superconductors in the presence of impurities at T=0K. Unlike the usual
approach, we assume that the interlayer quasi-particle transport is due to
coherent tunneling. The present model describes the T^2 dependence of the out
of plane superfluid density observed in YBCO and Tl2201 for example. In the
optical conductivity there is no Drude peak in agreement with experiment, and
the interlayer Josephson tunneling is also assured in this model. In the
unitary limit we predict a step like behaviour around omega=Delta in both the
real and imaginary part of the optical conductivity.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figure
Gapped optical excitations from gapless phases: imperfect nesting in unconventional density waves
We consider the effect of imperfect nesting in quasi-one-dimensional
unconventional density waves in the case, when the imperfect nesting and the
gap depends on the same wavevector component.
The phase diagram is very similar to that in a conventional density wave. The
density of states is highly asymmetric with respect to the Fermi energy.
The optical conductivity at T=0 remains unchanged for small deviations from
perfect nesting. For higher imperfect nesting parameter, an optical gap opens,
and considerable amount of spectral weight is transferred to higher
frequencies. This makes the optical response of our system very similar to that
of a conventional density wave. Qualitatively similar results are expected in
d-density waves.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Impurity scattering in unconventional density waves: non-crossing approximation for arbitrary scattering rate
We present a detailed theoretical study on the thermodynamic properties of
impure quasi-one dimensional unconventional charge-, and spin-density waves in
the framework of mean-field theory. The impurities are of the ordinary
non-magnetic type. Making use of the full self-energy that takes into account
all ladder-, and rainbow-type diagrams, we are able to calculate the relevant
low temperature quantities for arbitrary impurity concentration and scattering
rates. These are the density of states, specific heat and the shift in the
chemical potential. Our results therefore cover the whole parameter space: they
include both the self-consistent Born and the resonant unitary limits, and most
importantly give exact results in between.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Impurity scattering in unconventional density waves
We have investigated the effect of nonmagnetic impurities on the
quasi-one-dimensional unconventional density wave (UDW) ground state. The
thermodynamics were found to be close to those of a d-wave superconductor in
the Born limit. Four different optical conductivity curves were found depending
on the direction of the applied electric field and on the wavevector dependence
of the gap.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figure
Temperature-stable Gunn-diode oscillator
Oscillator consisting of Gunn diode embedded in coaxial circuit has excellent temperature stability and low fabrication costs as compared with automatic-frequency-control crystal oscillators
Magnetothermopower and Nernst effect in unconventional charge density waves
Recently we have shown that the striking angular dependent magnetoresistance
in the low temperature phase (LTP) of alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2KHg(SCN)_4 is
consistently described in terms of unconventional charge density wave (UCDW).
Here we investigate theoretically the thermoelectric power and the Nernst
effect in UDW. The present results account consistently for the recent data of
magnetothermopower in alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2KHg(SCN)_4 obtained by Choi et al.
(Phys. Rev. B, 65, 205119 (2002)). This confirms further our identification of
LTP in this salt as UCDW. We propose also that the Nernst effect provides a
clear signature of UDW.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
The magnetic field dependence of the threshold electric field in unconventional charge density waves
Many experiments suggest that the unidentified low temperature phase (LTP) of
alpha-(BEDT-TTF)_2KHg(SCN)_4 is most likely unconventional charge density wave
(UCDW). To further this identification we present our theoretical study of the
threshold electric field of UCDW in a magnetic field. The magnetic
field-temperature phase diagram is very similar to those in a d-wave
superconductor. We find a rather strong field dependence of the threshold
electric field, which should be readily accessible experimentally.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
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