Abstract
Infrared reflectance, and transmission measurements as well as Raman scattering have been used to study the RE1+xBa2-xCu3O6 (RE = Nd, Sm) and YBa2Cu3O6 absorption bands in the 1100-1500 cm-1 infrared range as a function of temperature and beam polarization. In addition to two-phonon absorption between 1100 and 1170 cm-1, we observe excitations around 1400 cm-1, occurring in oxygen rich enclosures within the samples, and assign them to an excitation involving two-phonons plus the 270 cm-1 local mode related to Cu-O broken chains. Thus, the previously reported possible magnetic origin of the 1436 cm-1 sharp absorption band in YBa2Cu3O6 is contested.
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