Interlayer Josephson coupling in stripe-ordered superconducting cuprates

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Contributors

  • Alexander Wollny - , University of Cologne (Author)
  • Matthias Vojta - , University of Cologne (Author)

Abstract

Motivated by experiments on La2-x Bax CuO4 which suggest that stripe order coexists with two-dimensional pairing without interlayer phase coherence, we determine the interlayer Josephson coupling in the presence of stripe order. We employ a mean-field description of bond-centered stripes, with a zero-momentum superconducting condensate and alternating stripe directions pinned by the low-temperature tetragonal (LTT) lattice structure. We show that the Fermi-surface reconstruction arising from strong stripe order can suppress the Josephson coupling between adjacent layers by more than an order of magnitude.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number132504
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume80
Issue number13
Publication statusPublished - 27 Oct 2009
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes