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An interface effect in c-oriented (Y/Pr)Ba2Cu3O7 Superlattices: Raman scattering by ‘Forbidden’ phonons

R. FeileGerhard JakobH. AdrianR. LiE. Sherman

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Condensed matter physicsField (physics)PhononChemistrySuperlatticemedia_common.quotation_subjectInorganic chemistryGeneral ChemistryCondensed Matter PhysicsAsymmetrySymmetry (physics)Crystalsymbols.namesakesymbolsGeneral Materials ScienceRaman spectroscopyRaman scatteringmedia_common

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Abstract Raman results of ultrathin layer high Tc superlattices ( Y m Pr 1 )Ba2Cu3O7 (m = 2, 3, 4) exhibit a common feature: new peaks, absent in the bulk compounds. These peaks are attributed to oxygen B1u symmetry modes confined in the YBa2Cu3O7 layers. To explain their Raman activity a mechanism based on the asymmetry of crystal field at Y-Pr layer interfaces is proposed.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3697(96)00151-5