The two-dimensional density of states in normal and superconducting compounds

TL;DR

This paper reviews numerical methods for calculating the density of states in two-dimensional tight-binding models, focusing on normal and superconducting states with different order parameters, and examines effects of disorder and scattering.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of calculation techniques and analyzes the impact of disorder on the density of states for different superconducting symmetries.

Findings

Transition in DoS with Fermi energy and hopping parameter

Superconducting DoS calculated using zero-temperature scattering cross-section

Residual DoS depends on disorder strength and scattering potential

Abstract

The present work represents a review for the numerical calculation of the density of states (DoS) for two-dimensional tight-binding models with first neighbors in its normal state and for two superconducting order parameters. One is a singlet scalar state and the other is a triplet vector state. At the beginning an emphasis is given to the general expressions commonly used to the calculation of the density of states as the number of partial and total number of states, the degrees of freedom and the ab-initio methods most commonly used to its calculation. Then, the transition happening to the DoS normal states by varying the Fermi energy and the hopping parameter is investigated. After that, the numerical calculation of the superconducting density of states using the zero-temperature scattering cross-section is performed for the two order parameters. Finally, the residual density of states depending on disorder and the scattering potential strength using the Larkin equation are calculated for the two order parameter symmetries different in nature.