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Out-of-plane dielectric constant and insulator-superconductor transition in Bi2Sr2Dy1-xErxCu2O8 single crystals

T. Takayanagi, M. Kogure, I. Terasaki

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0108483

Abstract

The out-of-plane dielectric constant of the parent insulator of the high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2(Dy,Er)Cu2O8 was measured and analysed from 80 to 300 K in the frequency range of 106-109 Hz. All the samples were found to show a fairly large value of 10-60, implying some kind of charge inhomogeneity in the CuO2 plane. Considering that the superconducting sample Bi2Sr2(Ca,Pr)Cu2O8 also shows a similar dielectric constant, the charge inhomogeneity plays an important role in the insulator-superconductor transition.

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