physica status solidi (b)
On the BCS‐to‐Bose crossover in 2D anisotropic superconductors
B. Tobijaszewska, R. Micnas
Abstract
Abstract We analyze the competing pairings and crossover from BCS to local pair (LP) superconductivity for the d ‐wave pairing symmetry in the ground state. The phase diagrams for the extended Hubbard model with intersite electron pairing and hard‐core repulsion (U = ∞) are obtained for the 2D square lattice. The influence of the nnn hopping (t 2) on the crossover is discussed. For appropriate values of the parameters (nnn repulsion) and |t 2/t | < 0.5 the crossover is simultaneous with the vanishing of nodal points in the quasiparticle energy. The vanishing of nodal points is clearly reflected in the evolution of the presented superconducting characteristics. Results for d pairing are compared with those for the crossover in the s*‐wave channel and the role of chiral px + i py states is also discussed. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)