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Anisotropic optical properties of single-crystal GdBa2Cu3O7−δ

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The optical spectrum of reduced-T c GdBa2Cu3O7−δ has been measured for polarizations parallel and perpendicular to theab plane. The sample was an oxygen-deficient single crystal with a large face containing thec axis. The polarized reflectance from this face was measured from 20–300 K in the spectral region from 30–3000 cm−1, with 300 K data to 30000 cm−1. Kramers-Kronig analysis was used to determine the spectral dependence of theab and thec components of the dielectric tensor. The optical properties are strongly anisotropic. Theab-plane response resembles that of other reduced-T c materials whereas thec axis, in contrast, shows only the presence of several phonons. There is a complete absence of charge carrier response alongc aboveand belowT c. This observation allows us to set an upper limit to the free-carrier spectral weight for transport perpendicular to the CuO2 planes.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA

    V. Železny & D. B. Tanner

  2. Research Institute for Solid State Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    K. Kamarás

  3. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Lavrenteva 3, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    L. P. Kozeeva & A. A. Pavlyuk

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Železny, V., Tanner, D.B., Kamarás, K. et al. Anisotropic optical properties of single-crystal GdBa2Cu3O7−δ . Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 96, 313–318 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313052

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