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Calculation of overdamped c-axis charge dynamics and the coupling to polar phonons in cuprate superconductors

W. Meevasana, T. P. Devereaux, N. Nagaosa, Z.-X. Shen, J. Zaanen

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.174524 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

In our recent paper we presented empirical evidence suggesting that electrons in cuprate superconductors are strongly coupled to unscreened c-axis polar phonons. In the overdoped regime the c axis metallizes and we present here simple theoretical arguments demonstrating that the observed effect of the metallic c-axis screening on the polar electron-phonon coupling is consistent with a strongly overdamped c-axis charge dynamics in the optimally doped system, becoming less dissipative in the overdoped regime.

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Bi2Sr2CuO6

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