Fluctuating order parameter in doped cuprate superconductors

We discuss static fluctuations of the d-wave superconducting order parameter $\Delta$ in CuO$_2$ planes, due to quasiparticle scattering by charged dopants. The analysis of two-particle anomalous Green functions at $T = 0$ permits to estimate the mean-square fluctuation $\delta^2 = - ^2$, averaged in random dopant configurations, to the lowest order in doping level $c$. Since $\Delta$ is found to saturate with growing doping level while $\delta$ remains to grow, this can explain the collapse of $T_c$ at overdoping. Also we consider the spatial correlations $$ for order parameter in different points of the plane.Comment: RevTex4, 3 pages, to be published in Proceedings of New3SC-4 International Conference, San Diego, California, January 15-21, 200

Superconductivity and superconducting order parameter phase fluctuations in a weakly doped antiferromagnet

The superconducting properties of a recently proposed phenomenological model for a weakly doped antiferromagnet are analyzed, taking into account fluctuations of the phase of the order parameter. In this model, we assume that the doped charge carriers can't move out of the antiferromagnetic sublattice they were introduced. This case corresponds to the free carrier spectra with the maximum at ${\bf k}=(\pm \pi /2 ,\pm \pi /2)$, as it was observed in ARPES experiments in some of the cuprates in the insulating state [1]. The doping dependence of the superconducting gap and the temperature-carrier density phase diagram of the model are studied in the case of the $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$ pairing symmetry and different values of the effective coupling. A possible relevance of the results to the experiments on high-temperature superconductors is discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure