Softening of Cu-O bond stretching phonons in tetragonal HgBa 2CuO4+δ

H. Uchiyama; A. Q.R. Baron; S. Tsutsui; Y. Tanaka; W. Z. Hu; A. Yamamoto; S. Tajima; Y. Endoh

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.197005

Softening of Cu-O bond stretching phonons in tetragonal HgBa ₂CuO_4+δ

H. Uchiyama, A. Q.R. Baron, S. Tsutsui, Y. Tanaka, W. Z. Hu, A. Yamamoto, S. Tajima, Y. Endoh

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Abstract

The phonon dispersion of Hg1201 was studied using inelastic x-ray scattering. The crystallinity was examined using x-ray diffraction, and four spherically curved analyzer crystals were used on the 10 m horizontal arm to analyze the scattered radiation. Magnetic susceptibility measurement showed a sharp superconductivity transition at 94 K, indicating that the sample was nearly optimally doped. The results show that the shell model described well the dispersion of the low-energy modes, while the Cu-O bond stretching mode at high energy showed strong softening towards the zone boundary, deviating strongly from the model.

Original language	English
Article number	197005
Pages (from-to)	197005-1-197005-4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.197005
Publication status	Published - 2004 May 14
Externally published	Yes

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