ISOTOPE EFFECT IN D-WAVE SUPERCONDUCTORS

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SCHUTTLER, HB
PAO, CH
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[1] Center for Simulational Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4504
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Based on recently proposed antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation exchange models for d(x2-y2) superconductors, we show that coupling to harmonic phonons cannot account for the observed isotope effect in the cuprate high-T-c materials, whereas coupling to strong anharmonic multiple-well lattice tunneling modes can. Our results thus point towards a strongly enhanced effective electron-phonon coupling and a possible breakdown of Migdal-Eliashberg theory in the cuprates.
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