Published March 14, 2002
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Journal article
Photoinduced changes of reflectivity in single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6.5 (Ortho II)
Description
We report measurements of the photoinduced change in reflectivity of an untwinned single crystal of YBa2Cu3O6.5 in the ortho II structure. The decay rate of the transient change in reflectivity is found to decrease rapidly with decreasing temperature and, below Tc, with decreasing laser intensity. We interpret the decay as a process of thermalization of antinodal quasiparticles, with a rate determined by inelastic scattering of quasiparticle pairs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 88
- Journal Issue
- 13
- Journal Page Range
- [10 p.]
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 33060601
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARIUM OXIDES; COPPER OXIDES; INELASTIC SCATTERING; LASER RADIATION; MONOCRYSTALS; REFLECTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTORS; YTTRIUM OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SCATTERING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- AC03-76SF00098
- Notes
- Journal Publication Date: 04/01/2002
- Funding organization
- USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of Basic Energy Studies. Materials Science and Engineering Division (United States); National Science Foundation (United States)
- Secondary number(s)
- LBNL--50220