NORMAL-STATE OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF ND1.85CE0.15CUO4+DELTA

被引:18
作者
HUGHES, RA [1 ]
LU, Y [1 ]
TIMUSK, T [1 ]
PRESTON, JS [1 ]
机构
[1] MCMASTER UNIV,DEPT ENGN PHYS,HAMILTON L8S 4M1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.985
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We present a detailed temperature dependence of the far-infrared reflectance for Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4+delta films grown by pulsed-laser deposition. The reflectance spectra clearly show the presence of a ledge at 420 cm-1 offering further evidence that this feature is common to all the cuprate superconductors. The optical conductivity obtained from Kramers-Kronig analysis can be divided into two components. The first component, which is strongly temperature dependent, is fit to a Drude model. This fit indicates that Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4+delta has a constant plasma frequency and a temperature-dependent scattering rate that closely follows the temperature dependence exhibited by the dc resistivity. The second component shows little temperature dependence and is described by a model that couples phonons to a midinfrared band. Comparisons between the optical conductivity and the structures seen by tunneling and inelastic-neutron-scattering measurements are made.
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