Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Dielectric function of YBa2Cu3O7-δ between 50 meV and 50 eV

  • Published:
Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

Abstract

Electronic excitations with polarization parallel to the CuO2-planes in single-crystalline YBa2Cu3O7 and YBa2Cu3O6 have been investigated by optical reflectance and by highenergy electron energy-loss spectroscopy in transmission in the energy ranges from 50 meV to 6 eV and 0.2 eV to 150 eV, respectively. From a combination of these experimental data the dielectric function, the reflectivity and the optical conductivity have been obtained in a wide energy range. The observed spectra are interpreted in terms of optical phonons, free-carrier absorption, transitions across the charge-transfer gap, further interband transitions, low-lying core-level excitations, excitonic transitions and valence conservingd-d transitions within the Cu 3d shell combined with O 2p intraband transitions. The charge carrier plasmon and the 4 eV-excitation in YBa2Cu3O6 show quadratic dispersions in momentum transfer. From the dispersion constant of the plasmon a mean value of the Fermi velocity of the charge carriers parallel to the CuO2 planes has been derived.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Timusk, T., Tanner, D.B.: Physical properties of high temperature superconductors I. Ginsberg, D.M. (ed.), p. 338. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company 1989

    Google Scholar 

  2. Tanaka, J., Kamiya, K., Shimizu, M., Simada, M., Tanaka, C., Ozeki, H., Adachi, K., Iwahashi, K., Sato, F., Sawada, A., Iwata, S., Sakuma, H., Uchiyama, S.: Physica C153-155, 1752 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Petrov, M.P., Grachev, A.I., Krasin'kova, M.V., Nechitailov, A.A., Prokofiev, V.V., Poborchy, V.V., Shagin, S.I., Kartenko, N.F.: Solid State Commun.67, 1197 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Koch, B., Geserich, H.P., Wolf, Th.: Solid State Commun.71, 495 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Balzarotti, A., De Crescenzi, M., Motta, N., Patella, F., Sgarlata, A.: Solid State Commun.68, 381 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Chang, Y., Onellion, M., Niles, D.W., Joynt, R., Margaritondo, G., Stoffel, N.G., Tarascon, J.M.: Solid State Commun.63, 717 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Chang, Y., Hwu, Y., Onellion, M., Margaritondo, G., Morris, P.A., Bonner, W.A.: Phys. Rev. B38, 4996 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Ramsey, M.G., Netzer, F.P., Matthew, J.A.D.: Phys. Rev. B39, 732 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Tarrio, C., Schnatterly, S.E.: Phys. Rev. B38, 927 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Chen, C.H., Schneemeyer, L.F., Liou, S.H., Hong, M., Kwo, J., Chen, H.S., Waszczak, J.V.: Phys. Rev. B37, 9780 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Batson, P.E. and Chisholm, M.F.: J. Elect. Microsc. Tech.8, 311 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Yuan, J., Brown, L.M., Liang, W.Y.: J. Phys. C27, 517 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Fink, J., Nücker, N., Romberg, H., Nakai, S.: In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Electronic Structure of High-T c Superconductors, Roma, Italy, 1988. Bianconi, A. (ed.), Elsmford, New York: Pergamon Press 1989

    Google Scholar 

  14. Kowalewski, J., Nikl, D., Assmus, W.: Physica C153-155, 429 (1988); Wolf, Th., Goldacker, W., Obst, B., Roth, G., Flükiger, R.: J. Crystal Growth96, 1010 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Kelly, M.K., Barboux, P., Tarascon, J.-M., Aspnes, D.E., Bonner, A.W., Morris, P.A.: Phys. Rev. B38, 870 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Garriga, M., Humliček, J., Cardona, M., Schönherr, E.: Solid State Commun.66, 1231 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Xi, X.X., Li, H.C., Geerk, J., Linker, G., Meyer, O., Obst, B., Ratzel, F., Smithey, R., Weschenfelder, F.: Physica C153-155, 794 (1988); Xi, X.X., Linker, G., Meyer, O., Nold, E., Obst, B., Ratzel, F., Smithey, R., Strehlau, B., Weschenfelder, F., Geerk, J.: Z. Phys. B — Condensed Matter74, 13 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Fink, J.: Adv. Electr. Electron Phys.75, 121 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Thomsen, C., Cardona, M., Gegenheimer, B., Liu, R., Simon, A.: Phys. Rev. B37, 9860 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  20. Nücker, N., Fink, J., Fuggle, J.C., Durham, P.J., Temmerman, W.M.: Phys. Rev. B37, 5158 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  21. Daniels, J., von Festenberg, C., Raether, H., Zeppenfeld, K.: In: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics. Vol. 54, p. 77, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer 1970

    Google Scholar 

  22. Stoffel, N.G., Morris, P.A., Bonner, W.A., LaGraffe, D., Tang, M., Chang, Y., Margaritondo, G., Onellion, M.: Phys. Rev. B38, 213 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  23. Steiner, P., Hüfner, S., Kinsinger, V., Sander, I., Siegwart, B., Schmitt, H., Schulz, R., Junk, S., Schwitzgebel, G., Gold, A., Politis, C., Müller, H.P., Hoppe, R., Kemmler-Sack, S., Kunz, C.: Z. Phys. B — Condensed Matter69, 449 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  24. Ford, W.K., Chen, C.T., Anderson, J., Kwo, J., Lion, S.H., Hong, M., Rubenacker, G.V., Drumheller, J.E.: Phys. Rev. B37, 7924 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  25. Halbritter, J., Walk, P., Mathes, H.-J., Haeuser, B., Rogalla, H.: Z. Phys. B — Condensed Matter73, 277 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  26. Liu, R., Olson, C.G., Yang, A.-B., Gu, C., Lynch, D.W., Arko, A.J., List, R.S., Bartlett, R.J., Veal, B.W., Liu, J.Z., Paulikas, A.P., Vandervoort, K.: Phys. Rev. B40, 2650 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  27. Tozer, S.W., Kelinsasser, A.W., Penney, T., Kaiser, D., Holtzberg, F.: Phys. Rev. Lett.59, 1768 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  28. Geserich, H.P., Koch, B., Scheiber, G., Geerk, J., Li, H.C., Linker, G., Weber, W., Assmus, W.: Phys. C153-155, 661 (1988); Geserich, H.P., Scheiber, G., Geerk, J., Li, H.C., Linker, G., Assmus, W., and Weber, W.: Europhys. Lett.6, 277 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  29. Bozovic, I., Char, K., Yoo, S.J.B., Kapitulnik, A., Beasley, M.R., Geballe, T.H., Wang, Z.Z., Hagen, S., Ong, N.P., Aspnes, D.E., Kelly, M.K.: Phys. Rev. B38, 5077 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  30. Garriga, M., Venkateswaran, U., Syassen, J., Humliček, J., Cardona, M., Mattausch, Hj., Schönherr, E.: Physica C153-155, 643 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  31. Humliček, J., Garriga, M., Cardona, M., Gegenheimer, B., Berberich, P., Tate, J.: Solid State Commun.66, 1071 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  32. Penney, T., Molnár von S., Holtzberg, F., Kleinsasser, A.W.: Phys. Rev. B38, 2918 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  33. Zaanen, J., Sawatzky, G.A., Allen, J.W.: Phys. Rev. Lett.55, 418 (1985)

    Google Scholar 

  34. Weber, W.: Z. Phys. B — Condensed Matter70, 323 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  35. Newman, R., Chrenko, R.M.: Phys. Rev.114, 1507 (1959)

    Google Scholar 

  36. Weber, W., Shelankov, A.L., Zotos, X.: Mechanisms of High Temperature Superconductivity. In: Springer Series in Material Science. Vol.11. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer 1989

    Google Scholar 

  37. Takahashi, T., Matsuyama, H., Katayama-Yoshida, H., Okabe, Y., Hosoya, S., Seki, K., Fujimoto, H., Sato, M., Inokuchi, H.: Phys. Rev. B39, 6636 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  38. Olson, C.G., Yang, A.-B., Liu, R., Gu, C., Veal, B.W., Liu, J.Z., Paulikas, A.P., Vandervoort, K., Claus, H., Arko, A.J., List, R.S. Physica C (in press)

  39. Manzke, R., Buslaps, T., Claessen, R., Skibowski, M., Fink, J.: Phys. Scr. (in press); Physica C (in press)

  40. Zhao, G.-L., Xu, Y., Ching, W.Y., Wong, K.W.: Phys. Rev. B36, 7203 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  41. Chui, S.T., Kasowski, R.V., and Hsu, W.Y.: Phys. Rev. Lett.61, 885 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  42. Maksimov, E.G., Rashkeev, S.N., Savrasov, S.Yu., Uspenskii, Yu.A.: Phys. Rev. Lett.63, 1880 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  43. Thomas, G.A., Orenstein, J., Rapkine, D.H., Capzzi, M., Millis, A.J., Bhatt, R.N., Schneemeyer, L.F., Waszczak, J.V.: Phys. Rev. Lett.61, 1313 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  44. Lyons, K.B., Fleury, P.A., Schneemeyer, L.F., Waszczak, J.V.: Phys. Rev. Lett.60, 732 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  45. Rice, T.M., Zhang, F.C.: Phys. Rev. B39, 815 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  46. Varma, C.M., Schmitt-Rink, S., Abrahams, E.: Solid State Commun.62, 681 (1987); In: Theories of high temperature superconductors. Halley, J.W. (ed.), p. 211. Redwood City: Addison-Wesley 1988

    Google Scholar 

  47. Laughlin, R.B. Hanna, C.B.: In: Novel superconductivity, Wolf, S.A., Kreskin, V.Z. (eds.). New York: Plenum Press 1987

    Google Scholar 

  48. Rice, M.J., Wang, Y.R.: Phys. Rev. B36, 8794 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  49. Schrieffer, J.R., Wen, X.G., Zhang, S.C.: Phys. Rev. Lett.60, 944 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  50. Collins, R.T., Schlesinger, Z., Holtzberg, F., Chaudhari, P., Feild, C.: Phys. Rev. B39, 6571 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  51. See, e.g., Fetter, A.L.: Ann. Phys.81, 367 (1973); Jackson, J.D.: Classical electrodynamics. Chap. 6. New York: Wiley 1962

    Google Scholar 

  52. Nücker, N., Romberg, H., Nakai, S., Scheerer, B., Fink, J., Yan, Y.F., Zhao, Z.X.: Phys. Rev. B39, 12379 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  53. Allen, P.B., Pickett, W.E., Krakauer, H.: Phys. Rev. B37, 7482 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  54. Thomsen, C., Lui, R., Bauer, M., Wittlin, A., Genzel, L., Cardona, M., Schönherr, E., Bauhofer, W., König, W.: Solid State Commun.65, 55 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  55. Stavola, M., Krol, D.M., Weber, W., Sunshine, S.A., Jayaramao, A., Kourouklis, G.A., Cava, R.J., Rietman, E.A.: Phys. Rev. B36, 850 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  56. Kircher, J., Alouani, M., Garriga, M., Murugaraj, P., Muier, J., Thomsen, C., Cardona, M., Andersen, O.K., Jepsen, O.: Preprint

  57. Koch, B., Geserich, H.P., Wolf, Th., Roth, G.: (to be published)

  58. Kelly, M.K., Barboux, P., Tarascon, J.-M., Aspnes, D.E.: Phys. Rev. B40, 6797 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  59. see, e.g., Tranquada, J.M., Heald, S.M., Moodenbaugh, A.R., Xu, Y.: Phys. Rev. B38, 8893 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  60. Tajima, S., Ishii, H., Nakahashi, T., Takagi, T., Uchida, S., Seki, M., Suga, S., Hidaka, Y., Suzuki, M., Murakami, T., Oka, K., Unoki, H.: J. Opt. Soc. Am. B6, 475 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  61. Yarmoff, J.A., Clarke, D.R., Drube, W., Karlsson, U.O., Taleb-Ibrahimi, A., Himpsel, F.J.: Phys. Rev. B36, 3967 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  62. Marel, D. van der, Elp, J. van, Sawatzky, G.A., Heitmann, D.: Phys. Rev. B37, 5136 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  63. Samsavar, A., Miller, T., Chiang, T.-C., Pazol, B.G., Friedmann, T.A., Ginsberg, D.M.: Phys. Rev. B39, 8818 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  64. Kurtz, R.L., Stockbauer, R.L., Müller, D., Shih, A., Toth, L.E., Osofsky, M., Wolf, S.A.: Phys. Rev. B39, 8818 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  65. Wagener, T.J., Gao, Y., Weaver, J.H., Arko, A.J., Flandermeyer, B., Capone II, D.W.: Phys. Rev. B36, 3899 (1987); Wagener, T.J., Hu, Y., Gao, Y., Jost, M.B., Weaver, J.H., Spencer, N.D., Goretta, K.C.: Phys. Rev. B39, 2928 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  66. Bianconi, A., Congiu Castellano, A., De Santis, M., Rudolf, P., Lagarde, P., Flank, A.M., Marcelli, A.: Solid State Commun.63, 1009 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  67. Nücker, N., Romberg, H., Xi, X.X., Fink, J., Gegenheimer, B., Zhao, Z.X.: Phys. Rev. B39, 2928 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  68. Mattheiss, L.F., Hamann, D.R.: Solid State Commun.63, 395 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  69. Temmerman, W.M., Szotek, Z., Durham, P.J., Stocks, G.M., Sterne, P.A.: J. Phys. F: Met. Phys.17, L 135 (1987)

    Google Scholar 

  70. Krakauer, H., Pickett, W.E., Cohen, R.E.: J. Superconduct.1, 111 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  71. Massidda, S., Yu, J., Freeman, A.J., Koelling, D.D.: Phys. Lett. A198 (1987)

  72. Park, K.T., Terakura, K., Oguchi, T., Yanase, A., Ikeda, M.: J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.57, 3445 (1988)

    Google Scholar 

  73. Protheroe, A.R., Steinbrunn, A., Gallon, T.E.: Surface Sci.126, 534 (1983)

    Google Scholar 

  74. see, e.g., Stoffel, N.G., Tarascon, J.M., Chang, Y., Onellion, M., Niles, D.W., Margaritondo, G.: Phys. Rev. B36, 3986 (1987); Frommer, M.H.: Phys. Rev. B38, 2444 (1988); Fujimori, A., Takayama-Muromachi, E., Uchida, Y.: Solid State Commun.63, 857 (1987); Flavell, W.R., Egdell, R.G.: Phys. Rev.39, 237 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  75. e.g. Wendin, G., Starace, A.F.: J. Phys. B11, 4119 (1978)

    Google Scholar 

  76. Kotani, A., Ogasawara, H., Okadd, K., Thole, B.T., Sawatzky, G.A.: Phys. Rev. B40, 65 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institut für Nukleare Festkörperphysik, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Romberg, N. Nücker, J. Fink & X. X. Xi

  2. Institut für Technische Physik, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

    Th. Wolf

  3. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Karlsruhe, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany

    B. Koch, H. P. Geserich & M. Dürrler

  4. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Frankfurt, D-6000, Frankfurt/Main, Federal Republic of Germany

    W. Assmus

  5. Max-Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-7000, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany

    B. Gegenheimer

Authors
  1. H. Romberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. N. Nücker
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. J. Fink
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Th. Wolf
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. X. X. Xi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. B. Koch
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. H. P. Geserich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. M. Dürrler
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. W. Assmus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. B. Gegenheimer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Romberg, H., Nücker, N., Fink, J. et al. Dielectric function of YBa2Cu3O7-δ between 50 meV and 50 eV. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 78, 367–380 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313317

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313317

Keywords

Search

Navigation