In-plane optical conductivity of La2−xSrxCuO4: Reduced superconducting condensate and residual Drude-like response
S. Tajima, Y. Fudamoto, T. Kakeshita, B. Gorshunov, V. Železný, K. M. Kojima, M. Dressel, S. Uchida
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.094508 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
Temperature dependencies of the optical spectra of La2−xSrxCuO4 with x=0.12 and 0.15 were carefully examined for a polarization parallel to the CuO2-plane over a wide frequency range down to 8cm−1. Selection of well-characterized crystals enabled us to measure purely in-plane polarized spectra without any additional peak. The weight of superconducting (SC) condensate estimated from the missing area in σ1(ω) well agrees with the estimate from the slope of σ2(ω) vs 1∕ω plot, showing no evidence that the Ferrell-Glover-Tinkham sum-rule is violated in the optical spectrum. We demonstrate that the optically estimated SC condensate is much smaller than the value obtained from the μSR measurement of magnetic penetration depth. We also find an anomalous increase of conductivity in submillimeter region towards ω=0 below Tc, which suggests the microscopic inhomogeneity in the superconducting state. Both observations are discussed in relation with the inhomogeneous electronic state that might be inherent to high-Tc cuprates.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| La2-xSrxCuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 36 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| La2-xSrxCuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 30 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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