Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-01-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
submitted to PRL
Scientific paper
We report on first investigation of the lattice dynamics in the novel superconducting material Na$\_{0.35}$CoO$\_2$$\cdot$1.3H$\_2$O and the non-hydrated parent compound Na$\_{0.7}$CoO$\_2$ by inelastic x-ray scattering. The measured phonon dispersion along the $\Gamma-M$ direction show a marked softening with hole doping of two optical phonon branches close to the Brillouin zone boundary. The phonon spectra, dispersion, and softening are well reproduced by first-principle calculations. The calculations indicates that the soft branches are mainly composed of Co-vibration modes. The estimation of the critical temperature based on electron-phonon coupling mechanism undisputedly points to a non-conventional superconducting state in this material.
Badica Petre
Bossak Alexei A.
Cai Yifei
Calandra Matteo
d'Astuto Matteo
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