@inproceedings{30cc6483d39048a98acdf008998134e0,
title = "Interlayer tunnelling mechanism: Experimental test of single layer compounds",
abstract = "The c-axis optical properties of cuprate superconductors have been studied by grazing angle reflectivity technique. We tested the interlayer tunnelling (ILT) model of high temperature superconductivity and showed that the basic relation between the condensation energy of the superconducting state and the interlayer Josephson coupling does not hold for Tl(2)Ba(2)CuO(6). Measuring the reflectivity at an oblique angle of incidence on the ab-surface of Tl(2)Ba(2)CuO(6), we found the c-axis plasma resonance at 28 cm(-1). The corresponding Josephson coupling energy is at least an order of magnitude lower than the condensation energy determined from the specific heat measurements. In the double layer compound Tl(2)Ba(2)CaCu(2)O(8) the c-axis plasma resonance was observed at 26 cm(-1). The c-axis penetration depth and the c-axis conductivity follow the Ambegaokar-Baratoff or {"}dirty limit{"} superconductor relation if a very small energy gap is assumed.",
keywords = "Josephson plasmon, interlayer tunnelling model, T-C SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, CUO2 PLANES, PSEUDOGAP, MODELS",
author = "AA Tsvetkov and {van der Marel}, D and D Dulic and HJ Molegraaf and NN Kolesnikov and B Willemsen and ZF Ren",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1117/12.332448",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-8194-2935-X",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING",
pages = "2--10",
editor = "Bozovic and D Pavuna",
booktitle = "Superconducting Superlattices II",
note = "Conference on the Superconducting Superlattices II - Native and Artificial ; Conference date: 20-07-1998 Through 22-07-1998",
}