Applied Surface Science, Vol.421, 611-616, 2017
Dielectric functions of La-based cuprate superconductors for visible and near-infrared wavelengths
The highly c-axis oriented La1.9Ce0.1CuO4 (LCCO) film was prepared on SrTiO3 (STO) substrate by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD). The identification and characterization of the LCCO film was determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) measurement was performed on the LCCO film in 0.5-4.13 eV range. The complex pseudodielectric function of the LCCO film was reported by Drude and Lorentz oscillators in this work. Critical point analysis on third-derivative spectra of the Lorentz contributions was accomplished to obtain the interband transition energies. The results indicate that the interband transitions are mainly related to the copper-oxygen planes. The metallic behavior of the pseudodielectric function, which is a common feature in all known electron-doped superconductors, can be obviously observed in the LCCO film. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.