title: Charge dynamics of 2H- TaSe2 along the less-conducting c-axis.
abstract: We present an optical study of 2H-TaSe2 along the less conducting c-axis. This dichalcogenide compound belongs to a large class of conductors called "bad metals" (with a mean free path smaller than the lattice constant along the c-axis), which also includes the superconducting cuprates. The optical response shows the progressive development of a pseudogaplike feature with decreasing temperature. The spectral weight lost by the opening of such a pseudogap goes into the narrow Drude component, developing at low frequency and temperature. There is no violation of the sum rule in 2H-TaSe2 contrary to the cuprates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Degiorgi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaál
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forró