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c-axis penetration depth and interlayer conductivity in the thallium-based cuprate superconductors

Diana Dulić, D. van der Marel, A. A. Tsvetkov, W. N. Hardy, Z. F. Ren, J. H. Wang, B. A. Willemsen

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.R15051 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The c-axis Josephson plasmons in optimally doped single-layer and bilayer high-Tc cuprates Tl2Ba2CuO6 and Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 have been investigated using infrared spectroscopy. We observed the plasma frequencies for these two compounds at 27.8 and 25.6 cm−1 respectively, which we interpret as Josephson resonances across the TlO blocking layers. No maximum in the temperature dependence of the c-axis conductivity was observed below Tc, indicating that even in the superconducting state a coherent quasiparticle contribution to the c-axis conductivity is absent or very weak.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Tl2Ba2CuO6

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80Pressure not reportedunknown
Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8

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98Pressure not reportedunknown

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