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Carrier relaxation time divergence in single and double layer cuprates

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We report the transient optical pump-probe reflectivity measurements on single and double layer cuprate single crystals and thin films of ten different stoichiometries. We find that with sufficiently low fluence the relaxation time (\(\tau_{R})\) of all samples exhibits a power law divergence with temperature \((T): \tau_{R} \propto T^{-3 \pm 0.5}\). Further, the divergence has an onset temperature above the superconducting transition temperature for all superconducting samples. Possible causes of this divergence are discussed.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 53706, Madison, WI, USA

    M. L. Schneider, S. Rast, M. Onellion & M. S. Williamsen

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    J. Demsar & A. J. Taylor

  3. Physics Department, Vanderbilt University, 37235, Nashville, TN, USA

    Y. Glinka & N. H. Tolk

  4. Applied Sciences Department, College of William and Mary, 23187, Williamsburg, VA, USA

    Y. H. Ren & G. Lüpke

  5. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02668, Warszawa, Poland

    A. Klimov & R. Sobolewski

  6. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, NY, USA

    A. Klimov, Y. Xu & R. Sobolewski

  7. Physics Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA

    W. Si, X. H. Zeng, A. Soukiassian & X. X. Xi

  8. Departement de Physique Appliquée, École Polytechnique, 1015, Lausanne, Fédérale Lausanne, Switzerland

    M. Abrecht, D. Ariosa & D. Pavuna

  9. Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität, Invalidenstrasse 110, 10115, Berlin, Germany

    A. Krapf & R. Manzke

  10. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 53211, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    J. O. Printz, K. E. Downum & P. Guptasarma

  11. Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

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Received: 30 June 2003, Published online: 23 December 2003

PACS:

74.78.Bz High-T c films - 74.72.-h Cuprate superconductors (high-T c and insulating parent compounds) - 74.25.Gz Optical properties

M.L. Schneider: Present address: NIST, mc 816.01, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328, USA

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Schneider, M.L., Rast, S., Onellion, M. et al. Carrier relaxation time divergence in single and double layer cuprates. Eur. Phys. J. B 36, 327–334 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00351-8

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