Electron-phonon interaction enhanced by antiferromagnetic and superconducting fluctuations in cuprate oxide superconductors

TL;DR

This paper investigates how electron-phonon interactions are amplified by magnetic and superconducting fluctuations in cuprate superconductors, potentially explaining phonon softening and quasiparticle kinks, while emphasizing superexchange's role in pairing.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical model showing electron-phonon interaction enhancement via antiferromagnetic and superconducting fluctuations in cuprates, linking it to observable phonon and dispersion features.

Findings

Electron-phonon interaction is enhanced by magnetic and superconducting fluctuations.

Enhanced interaction can explain phonon softening and quasiparticle kinks.

Superexchange interaction primarily drives Cooper pair formation.

Abstract

An electron-phonon interaction arising from the modulation of the superexchange interaction by phonons is studied within the theoretical framework of Kondo lattices. It is relevant in strongly correlated electron liquids in cuprate oxide superconductors, which lie in the vicinity of the Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition. It is enhanced by antiferromagnetic and superconducting fluctuations, which are developed mainly because of the superexchange interaction. When the enhancement of the electron-phonon interaction is large enough, it can explain the softening of phonons and kinks in the quasiparticle dispersion in cuprate oxide superconductors. However, the superexchange interaction itself must be mainly responsible for the formation of Cooper pairs.