BCS theory of driven superconductivity

We study the impact of a time-dependent external driving of the lattice phonons in a minimal model of a BCS superconductor. Upon evaluating the driving-induced vertex corrections of the phonon-mediated electron-electron interaction, we show that parametric phonon driving can be used to elevate the c...

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Hauptverfasser: Komnik, Andreas (VerfasserIn) , Thorwart, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 09 November 2016
In: The European physical journal. B, Condensed matter and complex systems
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 89, Heft: 11, Pages: 1-5
ISSN:1434-6036
DOI:10.1140/epjb/e2016-70528-1
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Verfasserangaben:Andreas Komnik, Michael Thorwart
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Zusammenfassung:We study the impact of a time-dependent external driving of the lattice phonons in a minimal model of a BCS superconductor. Upon evaluating the driving-induced vertex corrections of the phonon-mediated electron-electron interaction, we show that parametric phonon driving can be used to elevate the critical temperature Tc, while a dipolar phonon drive has no effect. We provide simple analytic expressions for the enhancement factor of Tc. Furthermore, a mean-field analysis of a nonlinear phonon-phonon interaction also shows that phonon anharmonicities further amplify Tc. Our results hold universally for the large class of normal BCS superconductors.
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ISSN:1434-6036
DOI:10.1140/epjb/e2016-70528-1