Doping-induced crossovers between the dominant pairing correlations in the extended Hubbard model
Pavol Farkašovský, Lubomíra Regeciová
We examine the influence of hole doping on superconducting pairing symmetries in the two-dimensional Hubbard model extended by next-nearest-neighbor hopping, nearest-neighbor Coulomb interaction, correlated hopping, exchange interaction and pair-hopping processes. Using Lanczos exact diagonalization supported by projector quantum Monte Carlo method, we calculate superconducting correlation functions corresponding to s-wave, extended s-wave, and d-wave pairing over a broad range of electron concentrations and interaction parameters. We find that hole doping acts as an efficient control parameter of superconducting pairing symmetry, giving rise to robust crossovers between the dominant pairing correlations. While extended s-wave pairing dominates throughout most of the overdoped regime, reducing the hole concentration progressively enhances d-wave correlations over large regions of the ground-state diagram. The critical doping associated with these crossovers depends strongly on the underlying interaction mechanism. In particular, correlated hopping and next-nearest-neighbor hopping substantially modify the location of the pairing-symmetry boundaries, whereas the local Hubbard interaction exhibits a comparatively weaker effect. In contrast to all other interaction channels, a finite nearest-neighbor Coulomb interaction additionally stabilizes conventional s-wave state over a sizeable region of parameter space. Our results demonstrate that superconducting pairing symmetry in the extended Hubbard model is governed by a subtle interplay between carrier concentration and nonlocal electronic interactions.
International Journal of Modern Physics B•Sep 4, 2026•0 citations