Gj. Babonas et al., MIDDLE-IR OPTICAL-RESPONSE AND COMPOSITION OF BI-BASED (2212)-TYPE HIGH-T(C) SUPERCONDUCTORS, Superconductor science and technology, 7(7), 1994, pp. 479-485
The optical response in the middle- and near-IR region has been examin
ed in a sequence of Bi-based single crystals with various doping level
s and phase compositions. The features in the optical spectra, which h
ave been considered in the pseudodielectric function approximation, ar
e used to characterize the free-carrier system in high-T(c) compounds.
A correlation between the chemical and phase composition, on the one
hand, and the optical characteristics, on the other hand, has been ana
lysed in Bi-based (2212)-type single crystals doped by Y(RE) ions.