Hydrostatic-pressure effects on the pseudogap in slightly doped YBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals

Abstract

The influence of hydrostatic pressure up to P=1.05 GPa on resistivity R, excess conductivity ${\sigma }^{\prime }(T)$ and pseudogap $\Delta \ast (T)$ is studied in slightly doped single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-$\delta (Tc=49.2K,\delta 0.5)$. The critical temperature Tc is found to increase with increasing pressure at a rate dTc/dP = 5.1 K/GPa, while R(300)K decreases at a rate d(ln R)/dP = 0.19% 1/GPa. Near Tc, independently on pressure, the ${\sigma }^{\prime }(T)$ is well described by the Aslamasov-Larkin and Hikami-Larkin fluctuation theories, demonstrating a 3D-2D crossover with increase of temperature. The crossover temperature To determines the coherence length along the c-axis $\xi c(0)\sim 3.43A$ at P=0, which is found to decrease with increasing P. At the same time, both, $\Delta \ast$ and the BCS ratio $2\Delta \ast /kTc$ increase with increasing hydrostatic pressure at a rate $d(ln\Delta \ast )/dP=0.361/GPa$, implying an increase of the coupling strength with increasing P. At low temperatures below Tp, the shape of the $\Delta \ast (T)$ curve is found to be almost independent on pressure. At high temperatures, the shape of the $\Delta \ast (T)$ curve changes noticeably with increasing P, suggesting a strong influence of pressure on the lattice dynamics. This unusual behavior is observed for the first time.

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