PROBING THE FERMI LEVEL OF Y1-XPRXBA2CU3O7-DELTA BY FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY

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作者
KAZEROONIAN, AS
CHENG, TK
BRORSON, SD
LI, Q
IPPEN, EP
WU, XD
VENKATESAN, T
ETEMAD, S
DRESSELHAUS, MS
DRESSELHAUS, G
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[1] MIT,CTR MAT SCI & ENGN,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[2] MIT,DEPT ELECT ENGN & COMP SCI,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[3] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[4] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08854
[5] MIT,FRANCIS BITTER NATL MAGNET LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[6] BELL COMMUN RES INC,RED BANK,NJ 07701
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10.1016/0038-1098(91)90260-3
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
Femtosecond spectroscopy at room temperature indicates a monotonic rise in the Fermi level E(F) vs. Pr concentration x in Y1-xPr(x)Ba2Cu3O7-delta. For x = 0.12 +/- 0.02, the Fermi level lies 2.0 eV below the unoccupied Cu d bands. The decrease in T(c) with increasing x is consistent with a band filling model. The room temperature decay time tau of the transient reflectivity DELTA-R increases from tau < 60 fs in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-delta to tau = 140 fs in non-superconducting PrBa2Cu3O7-delta. The effects of Pr substitution for Y on the position of the Fermi level are qualitatively similar to the effects of de-oxygenation on the E(F) of YBa2Cu3O7-delta.
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