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Optic breathing mode, resonant charge fluctuations, and high-T/sub c/ superconductivity in the layered perovskites

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Frozen-phonon optical breathing mode calclations on La/sub 2-//sub x/M/sub x/CuO/sub 4/ (M = Ba,Sr,. . .) demonstrate the following: (i) a large (less than or equal to3 eV/A) electron-phonon interaction matrix element for the dominant Cu d/sub x//sub <2/-y/sup =/: O p/sub x//sub ,//sub y/ orbitals, (ii) a high frequency (--110 meV), and (iii) large charge fluctuations (approx. =0.3 electrons). Especially significant is the possible resonant coupling to, and enhancement of, the natural ground-state Cu/sup 2+/-Cu/sup 3+/ charge fluctuations between in-plane Cu atoms. The relation of these results to the high T/sub c/ (and previous theoretical descriptions of superconductivity) is indicated.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201
OSTI ID:
6511701
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 35:16; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English