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Disorder and quasiparticle interference in high-Tc superconductors
Peter Hirschfeld, U. Florida
P. J. Hirschfeld, D. Altenfeld, I. Eremin, and I.I. Mazin}, Phys. Rev. B92, 184513 (2015) A. Kreisel, P. Choubey, T. Berlijn, B. M. Andersen and P. J. Hirschfeld, PRL114, 217002 (2015) P. Choubey, T. Berlijn, A. Kreisel, C. Cao, and P. J. Hirschfeld, Phys. Rev. B 90, 134520 (2014)
U. Tennessee, 8 February 2016
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Collaborators
from U. Florida Dept. of Physics:
from rest of world:
Yan Wang (now U. Tenn.)
Andreas Kreisel
Peayush Choubey Brian Andersen Maria N. Gastiasoro
Niels Bohr Inst., Copenhagen
Tom Berlijn (now ORNL)
Wei Ku, BNL
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Outline
• Unconventional superconductivity • STM • Quasiparticle interference • Bogoliubov-de Gennes + Wannier method • Applications
1. Zn impurity in BSCCO 2. QPI in BSCCO
• QPI as a qualitative tool
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How can two electrons attract each other?
J. Robert Schrieffer: “By dancing they lower their energy or make themselves happier”
Dance analogy: coherent pairs
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Another analogy:
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How Cooper pairs form in conventional superconductors the “glue”: electron-phonon interaction
Note: electrons avoid Coulomb repulsion in time (interaction is retarded)
Screened Coulomb Electron-phonon (attraction)
Effective “residual” e-e interaction including Coulomb (“Jellium model”)
a b Realistic system: a≠b! Depends on details
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Attraction from repulsion: Kohn-Luttinger 1965
Also: Landau and Pitaevskii Walter Kohn Quinn Luttinger
KL: an electron gas with no phonons and only repulsive Coulomb interactions can be a superconductor!
A new paradigm: electrons avoid repulsive part of Coulomb interaction in space rather than time!
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Kohn-Luttinger 1965 Friedel: screened Coulomb interaction
3/2cos)( rrkrV F=
At finite distances, screened Coulomb interaction becomes attractive: finite-L pairing
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effective pairing interaction
bare interaction (repulsive)
screening terms (attractive in some L-channels)
Kohn-Luttinger 1965
Example: short range U>0 for rotationally invariant system (≈ 3He )
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Best calculation in 1965: Brueckner Soda Anderson Morel PR 1960 : predicted L=2 for 3He ⇒ Tc ~ 10-17K But had they taken L=1 they would have gotten Tc ~ 1 mK!
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Higher – L pair wavefunctions translated into crystalline environment: Symmetry of order parameter ∆(k) in 1-band superconductor
|∆(k)| |∆(k)|
“s-wave, L=0” no nodes conventional pair state
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Gap symmetry vs. structure: Important clue to pairing mechanism!
A1g B1g
Fe-based superconductors
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2 paradigms for superconductivity according to how pairs choose to avoid Coulomb interaction
“conventional” : isotropic s-wave pair wave fctn, interaction retarded in time
“unconventional”: anisotropic or sign-changing pair wave fctn,
Overall effective interaction attractive
Overall effective interaction repulsive
A. Chubukov and P.H. Phys. Today 2015
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Scanning tunnelling microscopy
J. Tersoff and D. R. Hamann, PRB 31, 805 (1985) J. Hoffman 2011 Rep. Prog. Phys. 74 124513 (2011)
Tunnelling current:
Local Density Of States (LDOS) of sample at given energy
STM tip
sample e.g. SC
Conductance dI/dV of FeSe TC=8 K
Song et al., Science 332, 1410 (2011)
Topograph of Fe centered impurity in FeSe at V=6 mV
Can-Li Song, et al. PRL 109, 137004 (2012)
LDOS and conductance map: Zn impurity in BSCCO at V=-2 mV
Pan et al., Nature 403, 746 (2000)
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Silver 111 surface
P.T. Sprunger et al, Science 1997
( , )ρ ωr LDOS ( , ) ( , )i
L Leρ ω ρ ω•
×
= ∑ q rq r
2kF
Quasiparticle interference (“QPI”) experiments
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Quasiparticle interference (“QPI”) experiments
• can use a real space probe (STM) to give info about momentum space electronic structure εnk • can probe symmetry and structure of superconducting gap function • relies on disorder to provide a signal!
2kF
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Anderson’s theorem
P. W. Anderson, J.Phys. Chem. Solids 11, 26 (1959)
In the presence of dirt one can still pair time-reversed members of Kramer’s doublet: thermodynamics (Tc, gap, sp. ht., …) are not affected by nonmagnetic impurities
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Balian-Werthamer: p-wave superconductivity
Nonmagnetic impurities are pairbreaking in unconventional superconductors
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Yu Lu, Acta Physica Sinica 21, 75 (1965) see also H. Shiba, Prog. Theor. Phys. 40, 435 (1968). A. I., Rusinov, 1969, Zh. Eksp. i Teor. Fiz. 56, 2047, [Sov. Phys. JETP 29, 1101 (1969)].
Strong magnetic impurity creates bound state in s-wave SC
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Bound states of nonmagnetic impurity in d-wave SC
see also Stamp, 1986
δρimp
(p-wave)
1( , ) Im ( , ; )r G r rρ ω ωπ
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p~0.1 p~0.2
T
doping
d-wave SC:
( )0 cos cos2k x yk k∆
∆ = −
Cuprates
Tc is too high for electron-phonon “glue” to work! What holds pairs together?
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Impurities in cuprates
Dilute Cu in-plane substitutions
• Ni2+ 3d8 spin 1 • Zn2+ 3d10 no spin
• Li+ no spin • (Cu?) vacancies
Out-of-plane
dopants: O interstitial, cation switching, …
Probe the response of SC to a spin/charge local perturbation CuO2
CuO2
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BiO
SrO
SrO
Ca
CuO2
CuO2
BiO
BiO
SrO
SrO
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Bi2Sr2Ca(Cu1-xZnx)2O8+d : x ≅ 0.3% LDOS map at –1.5mV
T = 4.2 K
200 pA, -200 mV
0 560 Å
0
560
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! ~20 Zn atoms
Pan et al, Nature 403, 746 (2000).
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Zn On-site LDOS spectrum: W0=-2 meV
Pan et al, Nature 403, 746 (2000)
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Compare Zn STM LDOS pattern with simple theory of nonmagnetic impurity in dSC
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Compare Zn STM LDOS pattern with simple theory of nonmagnetic impurity in dSC
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Theories of impurity resonance spatial pattern
• “Chemistry”: M.E. Flatté et al. 2001, 03. Assume generalized extended impurity potential. • “Filter”: C.S. Ting et al. 2001, Martin & Balatsky 2002. STM probes LDOS of neighboring Cu’s due to k-dependent tunnel matrix elements.
• “Correlations”: Polkolnikov et al 2001, … account for Kondo screening of correlation-induced local moment
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“Tunneling involves orbitals that extend out of the planes, such as 4s Cu. These orbitals are symmetric in the Cu-O plane and hence couple to the neighboring metal 3 dx2–y2 orbitals through the d-wave-like fork”
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Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG) equations for Cu lattice
Applying Bogoliubov transformation leads to BdG equations
u, v and En are obtained by solving BdG equations self-consistently for a given filling.
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Local Density of States Lattice Green’s function and Lattice LDOS
Local continuum Green’s function and LDOS
(Wannier function for one band system)
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Wannier transformation
|rn> =� e-ikr Unj(k) |kν> kν + d-wave superconductivity ∆(k)=∆0(cos kx – cos ky)
Tight-binding band downfolded From WIEN2K
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Results*: Wannier dx2–y2 orbital
Cu- dx2–y2 Wannier function
* A. Kreisel , P. Choubey , T. Berlijn , B. M. Andersen and P. J. Hirschfeld, PRL 114, 217002 (2015)
Cut through w(r) 5Å above plane
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Results: Lattice and Continuum LDOS
Lattice LDOS (CuO2 plane)
Cont. LDOS (5 Å above BiO surface)) Expt. (Pan et al)
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Height dependence
Exponential limit
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Cuprate superconductor: Fermi surface and gap
Quasi Particle Interference (QPI)
kF
2kF
2kF
Simple metal Fermi surface
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q7 || (π,π) q1 || (π,0)
q1 || (π,0) q7 || (π,π)
(π,π)
Hoffman et al (2002), McElroy (2003)
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∫= ∇
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dkkE
En)( )(
1)(
“Octet” analysis Hoffman et al (2002), McElroy (2003)
q-space
1q
3q
4q5q
6q
7q2q
7q
k-space
7q
qp const. energy contours
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0 01(q) ( ) ( )iq r
r L Le G r G r
π⋅
∈ ×
Λ ≡ −∑
Capriotti et al 2003
weak impurities
| ( ) | | Im ( ) || ( ) |q q u qρ ∝ Λ
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Critique of 1-impurity and weak scattering analyses:
• Neither can explain peak widths and weights: (100) peaks too small
• Octet peak positions alone give no insight into origins of disorder potential • Why are peaks so broad in expt.? (no broadening in Capriotti et al analysis)
McElroy et al
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8% weak potential scatterers, V0 =2t, range λ=a, 0.2% unitary scatterers, V0 =30t,
LDOS
FTDOS
EXPT
Zhu Atkinson PH 2004
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QPI simulation of continuum LDOS 5Å above plane
BSCCO: weak potential scatterer
Fourier transform spots from octet model
no information beyond first BZ
no intra-unit cell information
atomic scale local density of states at STM tip position
full information for all scattering vectors
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Comparison to experiment
relative conductance map, Fourier transformation
energy integrated relative conductance maps
no large q information
K Fujita et al. Science 344, 612 (2014)
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QPI as a model-free phase-sensitive tool in unconventional superconductors
1. QPI is not… • a quantitative tool • a low-energy (near-Fermi) property • proportional to coherence factors
2. But QPI may be • a qualitative tool, if one can see
qualitatively different behavior in different cases of interest (e.g., s± vs. s++)
PH, D. Altenfeld, I.I. Mazin, I. Eremin PRB92, 184513 (2015)
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1. QPI is not • a quantitative tool
• proportional to coherence factors
Maltseva & Coleman, 2009
e.g. Hänke et al. PRL 2012
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intensity
QPI as a model-free phase-sensitive tool
Does superconductivity enhance the large q transitions and suppress the small q ones?
Chi et al, PRB 2014
Qualitative probe of gap sign change?
LiFeAs
coherence factors?
qx
qy
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s++ s+-
Chi et al 2014
Theory: PH, Altenfeld, Eremin, Mazin PRB 2015
Assuming
inter
intra
s++
s+-
most sensitive test
s+-
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Conclusions
1. Simple method of using discarded Wannier function information to calculate local STM conductance in inhomogneous SC: enhances resolution, preserves local symmetries, allows calculation of true surface properties.
2. Application to BSCCO: resolution of old Zn and Ni paradoxes Dramatic improvement of QPI calculations 3. Suggestions to determine gap signs: (i) s/c-normal differences
and (ii) symmetized/antisymmetrized combinations are more informative than just QPI. (iii) monitor T-dependence at a given bias
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Coherence factors
Hanaguri et al 2008, Maltseva and Coleman 2009
∝
Chi et al 2014
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small q integrated weight:
Independent k sums: use
Similarly for interband terms…
FTLDOS for single impurity
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Determine ∆ sign change by measuring symmetrized and antisymmetrized conductances at large and small q
T-dependence as one enters SC state should be most sensitive measure!
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Remark on “Hanaguri method”
• T. Nunner et al., Phys. Rev. B 73, 104511 (2006): QPI with Andreev “τ0” pointlike scatterers • T. Pereg-Barnea and M. Franz, Phys. Rev. B 78, 020509 (2008): proposal to use disordered vortex lattice as source of controlled disorder • T. Hanaguri et al, Science 323, 923 (2009): BSCCO: sign-changing q-peaks • M. Maltseva and P. Coleman, PRB 80, 144514 2009: formalism with coherence factors • T. Hanaguri et al Science 328, 474 (2010): same for Fe(Se,Te)
Pereg-Barnea and Franz 2008
No real theoretical understanding of why field suppresses +- q vectors
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Emergent defect states: theory 1. SDW state
Mean field ⇒
Gastiasoro, PJH, and Andersen, PRB 2013
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“Nematogens” grow as T lowered: magnetization
M. Gastiasoro et al PRB 2013
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Emergent defect states: theory 2. “Nematic state” TN <T<TS
Ishida et al 2013
“tx/ty”=1.05 Vimp=6eV
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Scattering rate anisotropy
Self-consistent BdG with without impurity
5% band structure anisotropy ⇒ 250% anisotropy in scattering rate!
spin fluctutation enhancement of impurity potential anisotropy
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Scattering rate in b direction “diverges” at TN
Gastiasoro et al aXv:1407.0117
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Summary of results
small fixed strain
SDW T Ts Tn
controlled strain (tetragonal phase)
“tetragonal” ortho
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Summary of results
small fixed strain
SDW T Ts Tn
controlled strain (tetragonal phase)
“tetragonal” ortho
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Summary of results
small fixed strain
SDW T Ts Tn
controlled strain (tetragonal phase)
“tetragonal” ortho
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No broadening in q-space unless scattering is not weak and not zero range
response function
δρ still = (octet peaks) •(noise)
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Why QPI is not a quantitative tool?
bulk right at the surface 5A above
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max
min
(Wang, Cheng, PH PRB 2004)
Ab initio evidence for weak normal state filter:
Q: How to include SC?
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Ni impurity in BSCCO: expt.*
*Hudson et al., Nature 403, 786 (2000)
Ω = +9 meV Ω = -9 meV
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Magnetic impurity in BdG
Ni has 3d8 configuration which leads to magnetic moment on the impurity site (S=1). Approximating it as a classical spin:
=> Electrons with spin up and down see effective impurity potentials Vimp + J and Vimp – J respectively.
Spin-up resonance Ω = ±2.4 meV Spin-down resonance
Ω = ±7.2 meV
Vimp = .625 eV
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Results*: Lattice and Continuum LDOS
* Manuscript under preparation
Ω = 2.4 meV
Ω = -2.4 meV
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Results: Lattice and Continuum LDOS
BdG
BdG+W
Experiment
Impurity
NN
NNN
Far away
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V- vs U- shape LDOS spectra Underdoped cuprates show clean V-shape d-wave like spectrum Optimal-overdoped cuprates show “U-shaped” spectrum – why?
Alldredge et al. Nature Physics, 4, 319 (2008)
Pan et al. Nature, 413, 282 (2001)
Kohsaka et al. Nature, 454, 1072 (2008)
BdG+W LDOS gives spectra resembling U-shape . What will happen if strong correlations are included?
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Wannier analysis: implications for “filter” mechanism
Conclude: linear-ω contribution to LDOS comes from local piece of w(r) Any purely NN “filter” tunneling mechanism (Balatsky, Ting) yields ω3 only Effective Wannier function range may shrink with correlations
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Iron-based superconductors
• Rotter et al. PRL (2008)
•Ni et al Phys. Rev. B 2008 (single xtals)
• Kamihara et al JACS (2008) •Ren et al Chin. Phys. Lett. (2008)
Wang et al Sol. St. Comm. 2008
Tc=18K Tc=38K Tc=28K (55K for Sm)
Tc=8K
Hsu et al PNAS 2008
No arsenic !
Recent reviews: Stewart RMP 2012; Paglione & Greene Nat Phys 2010
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1111 (LaFeAsO)
Zhou, PRL 106, 087001 (2011)
11 (FeSe)
Song, Science 332, 1410 (2011)
10nm
111 (LiFeAs)
Hanaguri, unpublished
10nm
STM: emergent defect states
those shown believed to be Fe vacancies or substituents (J.E. Hoffman)
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STM: exotic local defect states
1. Geometric dimer 2. Electronic dimer
FeSe on graphite, Song et al., PRL 109, 137004 (2012)
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*P. Choubey, T. Berlijn, A. Kreisel, C. Cao, and P. J. Hirschfeld, Phys. Rev. B. 90, 134520 (2014)
Results*: Wannier orbitals
dxy Wannier orbitals on two Fe atoms in unit cell
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Results FeSe: Lattice LDOS
Bound states at ω = ±8 meV for 5 meV impurity potential
DOS in homogeneous system
LDOS far from impurity site, at impurity sites and at NN and NNN sites to impurity.
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Real space patterns of lattice LDOS at 8 meV
Results FeSe: Lattice & continuum LDOS maps
xy- cuts through continuum LDOS(x,y,z; ω) at different heights z from Fe plane.
C4 symmetry intact on Fe plane
ω=8meV ω=8meV
Dimer like structures obtained above Se plane C4 symmetry intact in Fe plane
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Topograph
Comparison of experimental topograph at 6 meV set-point bias (a) with BdG only (b) and BdG+W LDOS (c)