Abstract
We study the superconducting properties of a two-dimensional superconductor in the proximity to an electronic topological transition (ETT). In contrast to the three-dimensional (3D) case, we find that the superconducting gap at the critical temperature and the impurity scattering rate are characterized by a nonmonotonic behavior, with maxima occurring close to the ETT. We derive analytical expressions for the value of such maxima both in the s-wave and in the d-wave cases. Such expressions are in good qualitative agreement with the phenomenological trend recently observed for as a function of the hopping ratio across several cuprate compounds. We further analyze the effect of an ETT on the Ginzburg-Landau stiffness Instead of vanishing at the ETT, as could be expected, thus giving rise to an increase of the fluctuation effects, in the case of momentum-independent electron-electron interaction, we find as a result of an integration over the whole Fermi surface.
- Received 10 May 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.014501
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