Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
The phonon densities-of-states (DOS) of superconducting Ba1−xKxBi16O3 and Ba1−xKxBi18O3 (x=0.4) are determined using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and inelastic neutron scattering measurements. The reference isotope-effect exponent is obtained from the mass variation of the first frequency moment of the phonon DOS. The energy gap, oxygen isotope-effect exponent and electron tunneling characteristics are calculated within the framework of Eliashberg theory of electron-phonon coupling.