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Role of interlayer coupling in oxide superconductors

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
OSTI ID:6453850
The role of interlayer coupling in high-T/sub c/ oxide superconductors is considered. Within the assumption that the direct hopping between layers is vanishingly small, we find that the interlayer coupling in the particle-particle channel caused by interactions plays a very important role in the enhancement of T/sub c/ and stabilizes the superconducting order with respect to fluctuations. The interlayer coupling in the particle-hole channel plays a relatively minor role. The introduction of a small interlayer hopping matrix element reduces T/sub c/ in the lowest-order approximation.
Research Organization:
Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
OSTI ID:
6453850
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 36:4; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English