Abstract
Single-crystalline NCCu with a superconducting transition temperature of 19.3 K has been studied above and below using polarized Raman scattering. Electronic, crystal-field, and vibrational excitations have been detected. In the superconducting state, the formation of an almost isotropic gap is observed which varies between 4.1 and 4.9 in units of . This indicates that NCCu is different from the other cuprate systems.
- Received 27 January 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4911
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