Abstract
The interplay between the band Jahn-Teller distortion and the superconductivity is studied for the system whose Fermi level lies in two-fold degenerate band. Assuming that the lattice distortion is coupled to the orbital electron density and the superconductivity arises due to BCS pairing mechanism between the electrons, the phase diagram is obtained for different doping with respect to half-filled band situation. The coexistence phase of superconductivity and distortion occurs within limited range of doping and the distortion lowers the superconducting transition temperature T c. In presence of strong electron-lattice interaction the lattice strain is found to be maximum at half-filling and superconductivity does not appear for low doping. The maximum value of T c obtainable for an optimum doping is limited by structural transition temperature T s. The growth of distortion is arrested with the onset of superconductivity and the distortion is found to disappear at lower temperature for some hole density. Such arresting of the growth of distortion at T c produces discontinuous jump in thermal expansion coefficient. The variation of strain with temperature as well as with doping, thermal expansion coefficient, the T c vs δ behaviour are in qualitative agreement with recent experimental observations on interplay of distortion and superconductivity in cuprates.
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