Softening of Cu-O bond stretching phonon in tetragonal HgBa2CuO4+δ
Abstract
Phonons in nearly optimally doped HgBa2CuO4+δ were studied by inelastic X-ray scattering. The dispersion of the low energy modes is well described by a shell model, while the Cu-O bond stretching mode at high energy shows strong softening towards the zone boundary, which deviates strongly from the model. This seems to be common in the hole-doped high-Tc superconducting cuprates, and, based on this work, not related to a lattice distortion specific to each material.
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