(1) Laboratory of electrodynamics of advanced materials, LRC M01 associated to CEA, FRE 2077 associated to CNRS, Fran?ois Rabelais University, 37200 Tours, France, FR;(2) CRISMAT, ISMRA, boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, France, FR
Abstract:
The reflectivity spectra of an oriented ceramic of Bi-2223 has been investigated by polarized infrared reflectivity spectroscopy
in the energy range 0.005-2.2 eV. It is shown that the data for the polarization parallel to the c axis cannot be fitted with a one-component Drude or extended-Drude model. The conductivity spectrum is then obtained from
the best fit of a “double-damping Drude” model to reflectivity spectra, itself derived from the factorized form of the dielectric
function, and by a Kramers-Kronig inversion as well. The data and their analysis give a new insight of the 2D character of
the system.
Received 26 April 2001 and Received in final form 28 August 2001