Effect of a Normal-State Pseudogap on Optical Conductivity in Underdoped Cuprate Superconductors

T. Dahm, D. Manske, L. Tewordt

We calculate the c-axis infrared conductivity ${\sigma }_c(\omega )$ in underdoped cuprate superconductors for spinfluctuation exchange scattering within the CuO${}_2$-planes including a phenomeno…