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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 147002 (2001) [4 pages]

Quasiparticle States at a d-Wave Vortex Core in High- Tc Superconductors: Induction of Local Spin Density Wave Order

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Jian-Xin Zhu1,2 and C. S. Ting1
1Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
2Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

Received 8 May 2001; published 18 September 2001

The local density of states (LDOS) at the vortex lattice cores in a high- Tc superconductor is studied by using a self-consistent mean-field theory including interactions for both antiferromagnetism (AF) and d-wave superconductivity (DSC). In a zero-field optimally doped sample the AF order is completely suppressed while DSC prevails. In the mixed state, we show that the local AF-like spin density wave order appears near the vortex core and acts as an effective local magnetic field on electrons via Zeeman coupling. As a result, the LDOS at the core exhibits a double-peak structure near the Fermi level that is in good agreement with recent scanning tunneling microscopy observations.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.147002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.147002
PACS:
74.25.Jb, 74.50.+r, 74.60.Ec