Pseudogap and charge dynamics in CuO2 planes in YBCO

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作者
Basov, DN
Liang, R
Dabrowski, B
Bonn, DA
Hardy, WN
Timusk, T
机构
[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,DEPT PHYS,UPTON,NY 11973
[2] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,VANCOUVER,BC V6T 4M1,CANADA
[3] NO ILLINOIS UNIV,DEPT PHYS,DE KALB,IL 60115
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4090
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report on the infrared conductivity of YBa2Cu3Ox and YBa2Cu4O8 crystals with different oxygen content and Zn doping. We find a correlation between the structure of the scattering rate spectra 1/tau(a)*(omega,T) in the CuO2 planes and the pseudogap that develops in the c-axis conductivity of underdoped samples for T < T* = 140-250 K. In the pseudogap state, the scattering rate is depressed at low frequencies and follows an omega(2 +/- 0.3) law for omega < 400 cm(-1). When the c-axis pseudogap is suppressed, either by an increase of temperature above T* or by a substitution of Cu with Zn, the spectra of 1/tau(a)*(omega, T) revert to the nearly linear omega dependence of the optimally doped compounds.
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页码:4090 / 4093
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