Estimation of the surface-d to bulk-s Crossover in the Macroscopic Superconducting Wavefunction in Cuprates
arXiv:cond-mat/0306643 · doi:10.1023/B:JOSC.0000011831.52509.11
Abstract
The concept of a surface d- and bulk s-symmetry in cuprate superconductors is applied to recent small-angle neutron-scattering results. These show a change of hexagonal to square vortex lattice as a function of the magnetic field along the c-axis. Identifying the hexagonal lattice with s- and the square with d-symmetry, the crossover distance from the surface d to the bulk s perpendicular to the c-axis is estimated to be 35 nm for LSCO and roughly 7 nm for YBCO, both at optimum doping. The crossover along the c-axis has to be of only a few layers distance to reconcile tunneling, photoemission and pulsed femtosecond reflectivity experiments. These estimates are compatible with m-rotation, NMR and other experiments.
arXiv comment6 pages, 2 figures
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