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A S Alexandrov1, A M Bratkovsky
1Department of Physics, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
A controversial issue on whether the electron-phonon interaction (EPI) is crucial for high-temperature superconductivity or it is weak and inessential has remained one of the most challenging problems of contemporary condensed matter physics. We employ a continuum random phase approximation for the dielectric response function allowing for a self-consistent semianalytical evaluation of the EPI strength, electron-electron attractions, and the carrier mass renormalization in layered high-temperature superconductors. We show that the Fröhlich EPI with high-frequency optical phonons in doped ionic lattices is the key pairing interaction, which is beyond the BCS-Migdal-Eliashberg approximation in underdoped superconductors, and it remains a significant player in overdoped compounds.
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