Normal-state gap transition in Cu-O superconductors

  • Joseph Orenstein
  • , G. A. Thomas
  • , D. H. Rapkine
  • , C. G. Bethea
  • , B. F. Levine
  • , R. J. Cava
  • , E. A. Rietman
  • , D. W. Johnson

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Abstract

The reflectivity spectra of La2-xSrxCuO4 for x=0 and 0.175, and Ba2YCucO9- (2.1) were measured over a broad frequency range, from 0.005 to 3 eV. In the normal state of these compounds the reflectivity is temperature independent and significantly smaller than expected from the Drude model. We describe a dielectric function which reproduces the main features of the spectra by supplementing the Drude contribution with a strong transition across a gap.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)729-732
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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