CMT 64

Infrared Conductivity in Layered d-wave Superconductors

Author(s): M.J. Graf, M. Palumbo, D. Rainer and J. A. Sauls
Comments: 14 pages with 6 figures
Journal: Physical Review B 52, 10588 (1995) [DOI]

Abstract:

We calculate the infrared conductivity of a stack of coupled, two-dimensional superconducting planes within the Fermi liquid theory of superconductivity. We include the effects of random scattering processes and show that the presence of even a small concentration of resonant impurities, in a d-wave superconductor, has an important effect on both the in-plane and c-axis transport properties, which could serve as signatures for d-wave pairing.

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