Anisotropy of the dielectric function in
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 40 (10), 7368-7371
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.40.7368
Abstract
Experimental data for the anisotropy of the dielectric tensor ε=+i in are presented and interpreted. The spectra in the range between 1.7 and 5.2 eV were obtained by rotating-analyzer ellipsometry using a single crystal. It is found that the component of in the ab plane () displays a sharp peak at 4.1 eV, while the component along the c axis () has a less pronounced peak at 3.8 eV, a small peak at 4.2 eV, and a broad maximum near 5 eV. Similar structures were found in the interband spectra calculated using the local-density approximation. The 4-eV optical structure is caused by nearly parallel initial- and final-state bands whose wave-functions are located, respectively, in the O-Cu-O dumbbells and in the BaO-Cu-OBa triple layers. Intraionic 3d→4p transitions in dumbbell Cu contribute 90% of the optical matrix elements.
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