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Renormalization of phonon frequencies by conduction electrons in layer systems with application to YBa2Cu3O7

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It is generally assumed that there are free electronic carriers associated with the CuO2 planes in high-temperature superconductors. Regarding these carriers as confined to these planes their influence on phonon frequencies is studied within the framework of a shell model of lattice dynamics taking into account the long-range part of the electron-phonon coupling. We find a complete suppression of the LO-TO splitting for modes polarized along the planes by metallic screening and a strong coupling of electronic plasmon and particle-hole excitations especially to some To-phonon branches polarized perpendicular to the conducting planes, particularly pronounced in systems with at least two CuO2 planes per unit cell. Numerical results are presented for YBa2Cu3O7.

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    G. Hastreiter, D. Strauch, J. Keller, B. Schmid & U. Schröder

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Hastreiter, G., Strauch, D., Keller, J. et al. Renormalization of phonon frequencies by conduction electrons in layer systems with application to YBa2Cu3O7 . Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 89, 129–138 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320928

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