ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We report on the study of the submillimeter absorptivity of high-Tc superconductors by a new method, the photothermal interference spectroscopy. Absorption in a sample leads to a temperature change of the sample and, by heat transfer, also of a gas volume adjacent to the sample and to a change of refractive index in the gas volume that we detect by an interferometric method. We demonstrate the feasibility of the method by determination of the absorptivity of high-Tc superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−δ samples for submillimeter radiation at a frequency near 1 THz. The absorptivity shows a peak at Tc, that is most likely due to fluctuation effects, a strong drop below Tc and a finite value at low temperatures, with a peak near 15 K.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.105658
