317 research outputs found
Resonant Raman scattering in mercurate single crystals
We report resonant electronic Raman scattering in optimally doped single
layer HgBaCuO (Hg-1201) and trilayer
HgBaCaCuO (Hg-1223) single crystals. Analysis of the
and B channels in the superconducting state of Hg-1201
advocates for a gap having d-wave symmetry. In addition a resonant study
pair-breaking peak and the peak suggests that the
peak is not directly related to the d-wave superconducting gap amplitude.
Comparison with trilayer Hg-1223 demonstrates the universal behavior of this
two energy scales in optimally doped cuprates.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, M2S-Rio (invited paper). to appear in Physica
Evidence for two distinct energy scales in the Raman spectra of YBa2(CuNi)O6.95
We report low energy electronic Raman scattering from Ni-substituted
YBa2Cu3O6.95 single crystals with Tc ranging from 92.5 K to 78 K. The fully
symmetrical A1g channel and the B1g channel which is sensitive to the dx2-y2
gap maximum have been explored. The energy of the B1g pair-breaking peak
remains constant under Ni doping while the energy of the A1g peak scales with
Tc (EA1g/Tc=5). Our data show that the A1g peak tracks the magnetic resonance
peak observed in inelastic neutron scattering yielding a key explanation to the
long-standing problem of the origin the A1g peak.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures and 1 tabl
Crystal growth and in-plane optical properties of TlBaCaCuO (n=1,2,3) superconductors
Single crystals of thallium-based cuprates with the general formula
TlBaCaCuO(n=1,2,3) have been grown by the flux
method. The superconducting transition temperatures determined by the ac
magnetic susceptibility are 92 K, 109 K, and 119 K for n=1,2,3 respectively.
X-ray diffraction measurements and EDX compositional analysis were described.
We measured in-plane optical reflectance from room temperature down to 10 K,
placing emphasis on Tl-2223. The reflectance roughly has a linear-frequency
dependence above superconducting transition temperature, but displays a
pronounced knee structure together with a dip-like feature at higher frequency
below T. Correspondingly, the ratio of the reflectances below and above
T displays a maximum and a minimum near those feature frequencies. In
particular, those features in Tl2223 appear at higher energy scale than Tl2212,
and Tl2201. The optical data are analyzed in terms of spectral function. We
discussed the physical consequences of the data in terms of both clean and
dirty limit.Comment: 8 pages, 13 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.
collective mode as A Raman resonance in cuprate superconductors
We discuss the possible existence a spin singlet excitation with charge
(-mode) originating the Raman resonance in cuprate
superconductors. This -mode relates the -wave superconducting singlet
pairing channel to a -wave charge channel. We show that the boson
forms a particle-particle bound state below the threshold of the
particle-hole continuum where is the maximum -wave gap. Within a
generalized random phase approximation and Bethe-Salpether approximation study,
we find that this mode has energies similar to the resonance observed by
Inelastic Neutron Scattering (INS) below the superconducting (SC) coherent peak
at in various SC cuprates compounds. We show that it is a very good
candidate for the resonance observed in Raman scattering below the
peak in the symmetry. Since the -mode sits in the channel,
it may be observable via Raman, X -ray or Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
probes
Temperature dependence and resonance effects in Raman scattering of phonons in NdFeAsOF single crystals
We report plane-polarized Raman scattering spectra of iron oxypnictide
superconductor NdFeAsOF single crystals with varying fluorine
content. The spectra exhibit sharp and symmetrical phonon lines with a weak
dependence on fluorine doping . The temperature dependence does not show any
phonon anomaly at the superconducting transition. The Fe related phonon
intensity shows a strong resonant enhancement below 2 eV. We associate the
resonant enhancement to the presence of an interband transition around 2 eV
observed in optical conductivity. Our results point to a rather weak coupling
between Raman-active phonons and electronic excitations in iron oxypnictides
superconductors.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Magnetic transitions in CaMn7O12 : a Raman observation of spin-phonon couplings
The quadruple Calcium manganite (CaMn7O12) is a multiferroic material that
exhibits a giant magnetically-induced ferroelectric polarization which makes it
very interesting for magnetoelectric applications. Here, we report the Raman
spectroscopy study on this compound of both the phonon modes and the low energy
excitations from 4 K to room temperature. A detailed study of the Raman active
phonon excitations shows that three phonon modes evidence a spin-phonon
coupling at TN2 = 50 K. In particular, we show that the mode at 432 cm-1
associated to Mn(B)O6 (B position of the perovskite) rotations around the [111]
cubic diagonal is impacted by the magnetic transition at 50 K and its coupling
to the new modulation of the Mn spin in the (a,b) plane. At low energies, two
large low energy excitations are observed at 25 and 47 cm-1. The first one
disappears at 50 K and the second one at 90 K. We have associated these
excitations to electro-magneto-active modes
Coupling between quasiparticles and a bosonic mode in the normal state of HgBaCuO
We report a doping dependent study of the quasiparticles dynamics in
HgBaCuO via Electronic Raman Scattering. A well-defined energy
scale is found in the normal state dynamics of the quasiparticles over a broad
doping range. It is interpreted as evidence for coupling between the
quasiparticles and a collective bosonic mode whose energy scale depend only
weakly with doping. We contrast this behavior with that of the superconducting
gap whose amplitude near the node continuously decreases towards the underdoped
regime. We discuss the implications of our findings on the nature of the
collective mode and argue that electron-phonon coupling is the most natural
explanation.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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