MIDINFRARED OPTICAL-ABSORPTION IN UNDOPED LAMELLAR COPPER OXIDES

被引:140
作者
PERKINS, JD [1 ]
GRAYBEAL, JM [1 ]
KASTNER, MA [1 ]
BIRGENEAU, RJ [1 ]
FALCK, JP [1 ]
GREVEN, M [1 ]
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[1] MIT,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.1621
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Common optical absorption features are observed near 0.5 eV in four undoped single-crystal copper oxides: La2CuO4, Nd2CuO4, Pr2CuO4, and Sr2CuO2Cl2. These absorption bands are shown to be weakly electric dipole allowed excitations of the CuO2 layers. The features are ascribed to an exciton near 0.4 eV, probably of crystal-field origin, with strong multimagnon sidebands. Our observations provide an important basis for understanding the doped materials.
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页码:1621 / 1624
页数:4
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