Correlation between optical phonon softening and superconducting T_c in YBa₂Cu₃O_x

arXiv2306.05763MaRDI QIDQ6439760FDOQ6439760

Giovanni Alberto Ummarino, Matteo Baggioli, Efthymios Liarokapis, Alessio Zaccone, Cunyuan Jiang

Publication date: 9 June 2023

Abstract: We provide an extended mathematical description of the strong correlation between the experimentally observed softening of Raman modes associated with in-plane oxygen motions and the corresponding superconducting critical temperature $T_c$, as a function of oxygen doping $x$, in YBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_x$. The model provides a direct link between physical trends of soft optical $A_g$ (in-plane) oxygen modes, the level of oxygen doping $x$, and the superconducting $T_c$. Different regimes observed in the trend of $T_c$ vs doping can be mechanistically explained in terms of corresponding regimes of optical phonon softening in the Raman spectra. These results provide further evidence related to the physical origin of high-temperature superconductivity in rare-earth cuprate oxides and to the significant role of electron-phonon coupling therein.

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