Optical conductivity of d-wave superconductors

We study theoretically the optical conductivity of d-wave superconductors like in high temperature cuprates in the presence of impurities. We limit ourselves at T=0K and focus on the frequency dependence of both sigma_1(omega) and \omega*\sigma_2(omega) for omega<2Delta. When the impurity scattering is in the unitary limit, we find a peak in sigma_1(omega) with omega/Delta\simeq 0.1\sim 0.5$, which may account for the peak seen by Basov et al. in Zn-substituted YBCO.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Europhys. Let

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Magnetotransport in d-wave density waves

Angle dependent magnetoresistance (ADMR) and giant Nernst effect are hallmarks of unconventional density waves (UDW). Here these transport properties for d-wave density wave (d-DW) are computed for quasi-two-dimensional systems. The present theory describes ADMR observed in the pseudogap phase of Y_0.68Pr_0.32Ba_2Cu_3O_7 and CeCoIn_5 single crystals very satisfactorily.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure