| Issue |
EPL
Volume 82, Number 2, April 2008
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 27002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/82/27002 | |
| Published online | 26 March 2008 | |
Fermi surface arcs and the infrared conductivity of underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.50
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University - Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
2
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research - Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8, Canada
Received:
22
January
2008
Accepted:
21
February
2008
We reanalyze the data on the in-plane far infrared conductivity of underdoped orthoII YBa2Cu3O6.50 (YBCO6.50) in terms of a model in which a pseudogap opens on part of the Fermi surface with the remaining ungapped piece proportional to the temperature. The motivation for our model comes from recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy data in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O
(Bi-2212), which have revealed the existence of arcs on the Fermi surface. We find the optical data to be consistent with arc formation. In addition we find some evidence that the electronic states lost below the pseudogap energy 
are recovered in the energy region immediately above it at least for temperatures near Tc.
PACS: 74.72.-h – Cuprate superconductors (high-Tc and insulating parent compounds) / 74.25.Gz – Optical properties / 74.72.Bk – Y-based cuprates
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