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Femtosecond quasiparticle relaxation dynamics and probe polarization anisotropy in YBa2Cu4O8

D. Dvorsek, V. V. Kabanov, J. Demsar, S. M. Kazakov J. Karpinski, D. Mihailovic

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0203614

Abstract

Femtosecond pump probe experiments are reported on quasiparticle relaxation and recombination in YBa2Cu4O8 as a function of temperature and polarization. The data show a 2-component relaxation similar to YBa2Cu3O7-δ, one component being assocated with the superconducting transition, and the other with the pseudogap below T* The relaxation time taup associated with the pseudogap is found to be T-independent, while the relaxation time taug of the component obseved only below Tc exhibits a clear divergence near Tc. A strong polarisation anisotropy of the picosecond transient is observed below Tc which is attributed to the anisotropy of the probe transition matrix elements.

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