Abstract
The temperature dependence of the high frequency Raman mode in HgBa 2CuO 4+ δ belonging to the vibrations of the apical oxygen has been studied in the temperature range of 300–10 K in samples with different values of δ. The frequency, linewidth, and lineshape of this mode are found to exhibit a non-monotonic variation with temperature. The trends in the temperature dependent variation are found to be qualitatively the same in over-, under-, and optimally oxygen doped samples, although there are quantitative sample dependent differences. We show that the maximum change in the frequency and the asymmetry of this peak are linear in the excess oxygen content, δ.
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