Density of states in d-wave superconductors of finite size

Fominov, Ya. V. and Golubov, A.A. (2004) Density of states in d-wave superconductors of finite size. Physical Review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 70 (21). p. 212513. ISSN 1098-0121

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Abstract:	We consider the effect of the finite size in the ab plane on the surface density of states (DOS) in clean d-wave superconductors. We demonstrate that the angle-resolved DOS consists of energy bands that are formed similarly to the Kronig-Penney model. In contrast to the gapless DOS on a surface of a bulk sample, finiteness of the superconductor in one dimension provides the energy gap for all directions of quasiparticle motion except for theta= 45° (theta is the angle between the trajectory and the surface normal). As a result, the angle-averaged DOS behaves linearly at low energies. At the same time, the transport DOS can still have a gap. In the special case of alpha= 0° (alpha is the angle between the a axis of the crystal and the surface normal), the spectrum is gapped for all trajectories theta; the angle-averaged DOS is also gapped. For alpha= 45°, the spectrum is gapless for all theta; the angle-averaged DOS is then large at low energies.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2004 The American Physical Society
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Low Temperatures - Biomagnetism (LT)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/50134
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.212513
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