Fundamental properties of cuprate superconductors as probed by infrared spectroscopy

Z. Schlesinger; R.T. Collins; L.D. Rotter; F. Holtzberg; C. Feild; U. Welp; G.W. Crabtree; J.Z. Liu; Y. Fang; K.G. Vandervoort; S. Fleshler

doi:10.1016/0921-4534(94)91311-0

Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications

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01 Jan 1994

Fundamental properties of cuprate superconductors as probed by infrared spectroscopy

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Abstract

A brief, selective review shows the unconventional nature of the normal state, the loss of spectral weight and appearance of a 500 cm-1 psuedo-gap in the low temperature infrared conductivity, and the evidence for pair formation above Tc in YBa2Cu3O7-x. © 1994.

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