Emergence of Cooper pairs, d-wave duality and the phase diagram of cuprate superconductors

Abstract

BCS theory describes the formation of Cooper pairs and their instant "Bose condensation" into a superconducting state. Helium atoms are preformed bosons and, in addition to their condensed superfluid state, can also form a quantum solid, lacking phase-coherence. Here we show that the fate of Cooper pairs can be more varied than the BCS or helium paradigms. In copper-oxide d-wave superconductors (dSC) Cooper pairs are intrinsically non-local objects, with both center-of-mass and relative motions. As doping decreases, the center-of mass fluctuations force a correlated dSC into a state with enhanced diamagnetism and robust but short-ranged superconducting order. At extreme underdoping, the relative fluctuations take over and two pseudogaps -- ``small'' (charge) and ``large'' (spin) -- emerge naturally from the theory, as Cooper pairs ``disintegrate'' and charge ``detaches'' from spin-singlet bonds. The ensuing ground state(s) are governed by diagonal (mostly antiferromagnetic) rather than by superconducting (off-diagonal) correlations. The theory is used to account for several recent experiments and to draw general conclusions about the phase diagram.

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