Superfluid response in electron-doped cuprate superconductors

Abstract

We propose a weakly coupled two-band model with $d_{x^2-y^2}$ pairing symmetry to account for the anomalous temperature dependence of superfluid density ${\rho }_s$ in electron-doped cuprate superconductors. This model gives a unified explanation to the presence of a upward curvature in ${\rho }_s$ near $T_c$ and a weak temperature dependence of ${\rho }_s$ in low temperatures. Our work resolves a discrepancy in the interpretation of different experimental measurements and suggests that the pairing in electron-doped cuprates has predominately $d_{x^2-y^2}$ symmetry in the whole doping range.

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