Jb. Bieri et P. Lederer, THE NUCLEAR-SPIN RELAXATION RATE FOR CLEAN QUASI-2-DIMENSIONAL SUPERCONDUCTORS IN THE VICINITY OF H-C2, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 8(15), 1996, pp. 2615-2624
We calculate the nuclear spin relaxation rate of clean quasi-two-dimen
sional (2D) superconductors with s-wave pairing in high magnetic field
s using the BCS model and the Brandt, Pesch and Tewordt approximation
for the single-particle propagator. The calculation is valid in the vi
cinity of H-c2(T). Thermal fluctuations of vortices are not taken into
account. We evaluate numerically our results in the case of high-T-c
materials and organic superconductors. In a perpendicular field the He
bel-Slichter coherence peak is suppressed depending on the variation o
f the quasi-particle lifetime below T-c. We also describe the magnetic
held dependence of the nuclear spin relaxation rate. Using the experi
mentally determined value of the quasi-particle lifetime, the model re
produces the experimental initial variations of T-1(-1) versus T/T-c a
t different magnetic fields. However, the Hebel-Slichter peak is conse
rved in the low-field limit, or when the applied magnetic field is par
allel to the superconducting planes.