OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF C-AXIS ORIENTED YBA2CU3O6.70 - EVIDENCE FOR A PSEUDOGAP

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HOMES, CC [1 ]
TIMUSK, T [1 ]
LIANG, R [1 ]
BONN, DA [1 ]
HARDY, WN [1 ]
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[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PHYS,VANCOUVER V6T 2A6,BC,CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1645
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O4 [物理学];
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The c axis reflectance of high-quality single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6+x has been measured over a wide range of temperatures and frequencies. The x = 0.70 crystal has a pseudogap in the conductivity at 200 cm-1 which is present at room temperature. The gap deepens gradually as the temperature is lowered to 10 K with no discontinuity at T(c). In contrast, crystals with x = 0.95 show no gap in the normal state and their superconducting state is characterized by low-lying states. These observations are consistent with phase diagrams proposed to explain NMR and neutron data.
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