• Title/Summary/Keyword: $High-T_c$ cuprates

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Optical Properties of Infinite-Layer Superconductors $Sr_{0.9}$$Ln_{0.1}$Cu$O_2$ (LnLa, Gd, Sm) (무한층 초전도체 $Sr_{0.9}Ln_{0.1}CuO_2$(Ln=La, Gd, Sm)의 광학적 성질)

  • Mun, Mi-Ock;Park, Young-Sub;Kim, Kibum;Kim, Jae H.;A. B. Kuzmenko
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.13-16
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    • 2001
  • We have measured the reflectivity of superconducting infinite-layer compounds $Sr_{0.9}$ $Ln_{0.1}$ Cu $O_2$ (Ln=La, Gd, Sm) with $T_{c}$ : 39 K using a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer. We have identified the optical phonon modes from their infrared reflectivity and conductivity spectra and have proposed possible displacement patterns. The La- and the Gd-doped compounds exhibited only four ($2A_{2u}$ $+2E_{u}$) out of the five ($2A_{2u}$ $3E_{u}$) infrared-active phonons predicted by a group theoretical analysis whereas the Sm-doped compound exhibited all five modes. For the La-doped sample, we investigated the temperature dependence of the optical response functions in a wide temperature range of 7 - 300 K. In FIR region, the reflectivity is apparently enhanced below ~120 $cm^{-1}$ as temperature decreases across $T_{c}$. The value of $2$\Delta$/k_{B}$ $T_{c}$ is about 4.5, which is consistent with maximum gap value of d-wave $high- T_{c}$ cuprates.> c/ cuprates.uprates.s.

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A New Superconductor with the 1212 Structure $(Pb,Sn)Sr_2(Ca,Lu)Cu_2O_z$

  • Lee, Ho-Keun;Jee, Chan-Soo
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.6-10
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    • 2000
  • New cuprates with the nominal composition $(Pb_{0.75}Sn_{0.25})Sr_2(Ca_{1-x}Lu_x)Cu_2O_z(x=0.4{\sim}1.0)$ have been synthesized. These materials exhibit superconducting properties for 0.4 $\leq$ x $\leq$ 0.7. It is also observed that the superconductivity of the as-prepared sample is enhanced by post-annealing at high temperature followed by quenching. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the c lattice parameter decreases as x increases whereas the a lattice parameter is nearly independent of the value of x for both the as-prepared and the post-treated samples. The thermoelectric power measurements indicate that the post-heat-treatments result in an increase in the hole carrier density which account for the observed increase of $T_c$. Bulk superconductivity with a $T_c$ value of 60 K is observed in this system.

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Photoemission Studies on Chain Electronic Structures of $Y(Pr)Ba_2Cu_4O_8$ (광전자실험을 이용한 $Y(Pr)Ba_2Cu_4O_8$ 물질의 체인 전자 구조분석)

  • Boo, Y.G.;Jung, W.S.;Han, Ga-Ram;Kim, C.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.158-162
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    • 2012
  • $Y(Pr)Ba_2Cu_4O_8$ system is one of the most studied high temperature superconductors. Substitution of Pr for Y in this system suppresses $T_c$ and superconductivity finally disappears at a high Pr doping. There are competing theories for the suppression of $T_c$ but systematic experimental results are very rare. In order to find the change in Fermi surface topology which can affect the superconductivity, we have performed angle-resolved photoemission studies on single crystal samples of $YBa_2Cu_4O_8$ and $PrBa_2Cu_4O_8$. While the Fermi surface of $YBa_2Cu_4O_8$ shows a similar topology to those of other cuprates, we observe only 1D like band structures in $PrBa_2Cu_4O_8$. We find no significant differences in the chain band for both samples.

Extraction of the Self-Energy from Simulated ARPES Data for High $T_c$ Superconductors (고온초전도체 ARPES 시뮬레이션에서 자체에너지 추출)

  • Bok, Jin-Mo;Yun, Jae-Hyun;Choi, Han-Yong
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.69-73
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    • 2009
  • For extraction of the self-energy from the angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy(ARPES) experiments for the cuprate superconductors, the momentum distribution curve(MDC) analysis is commonly used. There are two requirements for this method to work: the self-energy is momentum independent and the bare electron dispersion is known. Assuming that the first condition is satisfied in the cuprates, we checked the effects of the bare dispersion on the extracted self-energy. For this, we first generated the ARPES intensity using the tight-binding band of the B2212 by solving the Eliashberg equation. We then extracted the self-energy from the theoretically generated ARPES intensity using the linear and quadratic dispersions. By choosing the bare dispersion such that the Kramer-Kronig relation is best satisfied between the real and imaginary parts of the extracted self-energy, we confirmed that the quadratic dispersion is better for the bare electron band for Bi2212. The self-energy can be reasonably extracted from the ARPES experiments using the MDC analysis.

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Optical Properties of Two Different Metallic NaxCoO2:x=0.35 and 0.75

  • Hwang, J.;Yang, J.;Timusk T.;Chou, F.C
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.128-132
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    • 2005
  • We report optical ab-plane properties of the layered sodium cobaltate, $Na_xCoO_2$ for x = 0.35 and 0.75. Two samples show metallic behaviors according to dc resistivity transport. Overall temperature dependent optical conductivities of both samples are very similar to those of the high temperature superconducting underdoped cuprates. We found that the optical scattering rate of x = 0.75 sample, which is in a Curie-Weiss metallic phase, varies linearly (non-Fermi liquid) with frequency and temperature while that of x = 0.35 sample, which is in a paramagnetic metallic phase, varies quadratically (Fermi liquid) with frequency and temperature. Both x = 0.35 and 0.75 samples have an onset of scattering around $600\;cm^{-1}$ which can be attributed to the interaction of charge carriers with a bosonic collective mode in a system.

Chimie Douce Reaction to Layered High-$T_c$ Superconducting / Super-ionic Conducting Heterostructures

  • Kim, Young-Il;Hwang, Seong-Ju;Yoo, Han-Ill;Choy, Jin-Ho
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 1998
  • We have developed new type of superconducting-superionic conducting nanohybrids, $Ag_xI_wBi_2Sr_2Ca_{n-1}Cu_nO_y$ (n=1 and 2) by applying the chimie douce reaction to the superconducting Bi-based cuprates. These nanohybrids can be achieved by the stepwise intercalation whereby the $Ag^+$ ion is thermally diffused into the pre-intercalated iodine sublattice of $IBi_2Sr_2Ca_{n-1}Cu_nO_y$. According to the X-ray diffraction analysis, the Ag-I intercalates are found to have an unique heterostructure in which the superionic conducting Ag-I layer and the superconducting $IBi_2Sr_2Ca_{n-1}Cu_nO_y$ layer are regularly interstratified with a remarkable basal increment of ~7.3$\AA$. The systematic XAS studies demonstrate that the intercalation of Ag-I accompanies the charge transfer between host and guest, giving rise to a change in hole concentration of $CuO_2$ layer and to a slight $T_c$ change. The Ag K-edge EXAFS result reveals that the intercalated Ag-I has a $\beta$-AgI-like local structure with distorted tetrahedral symmetry, suggesting a mobile environment for the intercalated $Ag^+$ ion. In fact, from ac impedance analyses, we have found that the Ag-I intercalates possess a fast ionic conductivity ($\sigma_i=10^{-1.4}\sim 10^{-2.6}\Omega^{-1}\textrm{cm}^{-1}\;at\;270^{\circ}C$ with an uniform activation energy ($\DeltaE_a=0.22\pm 0.02$ eV). More interesting finding is that these intercalates exhibit high electronic conducting as well as ionic ones ($t_i$=0.02~0.60) due to their interstratified structure consisting of superionic conducting and superconducting layers. In this respect, these new intercalates are expected to be useful as an electrode material in various electrochemical devices.

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