Bireflectance, absorption and transmission dichroism of single domains, and bireflectance of layered polydomains of normal state YBa2Cu3O7-x in the visible

Schmid, Hans; Rivera, Jean-Pierre; Clin, Martial Guy Jean Marie; Williams, Alan Francis; Burkhardt, Ernst

doi:10.1016/0921-4534(88)90466-2

Scientific article

English

Bireflectance, absorption and transmission dichroism of single domains, and bireflectance of layered polydomains of normal state YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x in the visible

Contributors

Schmid, Hans; Rivera, Jean-Pierre; Clin, Martial Guy Jean Marie; Williams, Alan Francis; Burkhardt, Ernst

Published in

Physica. C, Superconductivity, vol. 153-155, no. pt. 3, p. 1748-1751

Publication date

1988

Abstract

For orthorhombic single domains of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x the a-b plane reflectivity and absorption are found to be anisotropic. For light polarized E||a the reflectivity is wavelength independent, but for E||b the vicinity of the Drude edge is announced by a smooth increase of reflectivity from the blue to the red, consistent with the free carrier contribution and dominating conduction along the 0(1)-Cu(1) chains. The strong increase of absorption (dichroic) in the range ~1.46 eV (850 nm) to ~3.38 eV (336 nm) and a shoulder at ~1.65 eV (~750 nm) are consistent with 0/sup 2-/ to Cu/sup 3+/ charge transfer and a Cu/sup ++/ d-d transition, respectively. The unexpected orientation and magnitude of bireflectance of layered ensembles of domains are suggestive of a higher resistance of the ensembles perpendicular to the walls.

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie minérale, analytique et appliquée

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - 1987

Citation (ISO format)

SCHMID, Hans et al. Bireflectance, absorption and transmission dichroism of single domains, and bireflectance of layered polydomains of normal state YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x in the visible. In: Physica. C, Superconductivity, 1988, vol. 153-155, n° pt. 3, p. 1748–1751. doi: 10.1016/0921-4534(88)90466-2

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PID : unige:32846
DOI : 10.1016/0921-4534(88)90466-2

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0921453488904662

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0921-4534

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