ABOVE-T(C) ANOMALIES OF THE INFRARED-ACTIVE PHONONS IN RBA2CU4O8 (R=DY, HO) AND Y2BA4CU7O15-DELTA SUPERCONDUCTORS

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LITVINCHUK, AP [1 ]
THOMSEN, C [1 ]
CARDONA, M [1 ]
KARPINSKI, J [1 ]
KALDIS, E [1 ]
RUSIECKI, S [1 ]
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[1] ETH, FESTKORPERPHYS LAB, CH-8093 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK B-CONDENSED MATTER | 1993年 / 92卷 / 01期
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10.1007/BF01309161
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report a far-infrared reflectivity study of DyBa2Cu4O8, HoBa2Cu4O8 and YBa4Cu7O15-delta superconductors in the temperature range 10-300 K. The assignment of the z-polarized infrared-acitve vibrations of the rare-earth-ion (R) was verified by the substitution of R. Since the structure of the Y2Ba4Cu7O15-delta compound in z-direction is an ordered sequence of YBa2Cu3O7-delta and YBa2Cu4O8 blocks, the phonon spectrum of Y2Ba4Cu7O15-delta is a superposition of their respective phonon modes. The temperature dependence of the infrared-active phonons in RBa2Cu4O8 and Y2Ba4Cu7O15-delta was analyzed. A narrowing of the plane-oxygen phonon upon sample cooling was found to occur at T(c), as it was reported for single-chain YBa2Cu3O7 materials; however a pronounced frequency softening of this mode for both RBa2Cu4O8 and Y2Ba4Cu7O15-delta was found to start well above T(c), suggesting the interaction of infrared-active phonons with an excitation gap similar to that observed in spin-dependent measurements.
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