“…Because of the established relation between phonons and superconductivity in conventional superconductors, bulk phonons of the HTSC and their parent compounds received considerable attention in the early years following their discovery. Optical spectroscopies (infrared (IR) and Raman) 4,5,6,7,8,9 and neutron scattering experiments 10,11,12 were used to study the lattice dynamics of these compounds. Although it is believed that spin interactions play an important role in the superconducting properties of HTSC cuprates, the role of the electron-phonon coupling still remains a puzzle.…”