Resonant Raman scattering in mercurate single crystals

Y. Gallais (1) , A. Sacuto (1) , D. Colson (2)

1 LSLP - Laboratoire de Spectroscopie en Lumière Polarisée
2 SPEC - UMR3680 - Service de physique de l'état condensé

We report resonant electronic Raman scattering in optimally doped single layer HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ (Hg-1201) and trilayer HgBa$_2$Ca$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{8+\delta}$ (Hg-1223) single crystals. Analysis of the $B_{1g}$ and B$_{2g}$ channels in the superconducting state of Hg-1201 advocates for a gap having d-wave symmetry. In addition a resonant study $B_{1g}$ pair-breaking peak and the $A_{1g}$ peak suggests that the $A_{1g}$ peak is not directly related to the d-wave superconducting gap amplitude. Comparison with trilayer Hg-1223 demonstrates the universal behavior of this two energy scales in optimally doped cuprates.

Domaines: Supraconductivité [cond-mat.supr-con]

Y. Gallais, A. Sacuto, D. Colson. Resonant Raman scattering in mercurate single crystals. 2003. ⟨hal-00016694⟩