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Journal of Qingdao University

Local Density of States Around Many Nonmagnetic Impurities in Cuprate Superconductors

Feng Yuan

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

Using the Gutzwiller approximation and Bogoliubov-de Gennes(BdG) theory,the local density of states around many nonmagnetic impurities in cuprate superconductors are studied under the t-J-U model.Results show that away from the impurities,the local density of state presents typical V shape asymmetric curve;zero-energy peaks are induced around the impurities,and the superconducting coherence peaks are strongly suppressed.With the increasing of the distance among the impurities,the superconducting coherence peaks around the impurities are less suppressed,and the intensity of the zero-energy peaks decrease.

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