Anharmonicity of the bridging oxygen vibrations in YBa2Cu3O(7-x) crystals

Lev V. Gasparov, Vladimir D. Kulakovskii, Vladislav Timofeev, E. Ia. Sherman

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Abstract

Raman spectroscopy was used to investigate the behavior of oxygen vibration modes in YBa2Cu3O(7-x) crystals with values of x varying between 0 and 1 as a function of temperature and the exciting radiation power. It was found that crystals where the value of x was less than 1 (e.g., YBa2Cu3O6.5) exhibited a two-phonon Raman scattering. To explain the behavior of the modes investigated, a bridging O4 oxygen ion is suggested to be a two-well anharmonic potential.

Original languageEnglish
JournalZhurnal Eksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki
StatePublished - Nov 1991

Disciplines

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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