Spin Fluctuation-Induced Superconductivity in Organic Compounds

TL;DR

This study models spin fluctuation-induced superconductivity in organic compounds using a simplified lattice model, successfully predicting critical temperatures and pairing symmetry consistent with experimental observations.

Contribution

It introduces a simplified dimer Hubbard model on an isosceles triangular lattice to analyze superconductivity, linking theoretical predictions with experimental data.

Findings

Predicted T_c values align with experimental results.

Identified d_{x^2-y^2} pairing symmetry.

T_c decreases as the lattice interpolates from square to triangular.

Abstract

Spin fluctuation-induced superconductivity in two-dimensional organic compounds such as \kappa-(ET)_2-X is investigated by using a simplified dimer Hubbard model with right-angled isosceles triangular lattice (transfer matrices -\tau, -\tau^\prime). The dynamical susceptiblity and the self-energy are calculated self-consistently within the fluctuation exchange approximation and the value for T_c as obtained by solving the linearized Eliashberg-type equations is in good agreement with experiment. The pairing symmetry is of d_{x^2-y^2} type. The calculated (U/\tau)-dependence of T_c compares qualitatively well with the observed pressure dependence of T_c. Varying the value for \tau^\prime/\tau from 0 to 1 we interpolate between the square lattice and the regular triangular lattice and find firstly that values of T_c for \kappa-(ET)_2-X and cuprates scale well and secondly that T_c tends to decrease with increasing \tau^\prime/\tau and no superconductivity is found for \tau^\prime/\tau=1, the regular triangular lattice.