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Evidence for intrinsic impurities in the high-temperature superconductor Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8+{delta}} from {sup 17}O nuclear magnetic resonance.

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B
We have found that high quality crystals of Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8+{delta}} (Bi-2212) have intrinsic magnetic defects that depend on oxygen doping. Our {sup 17}O nuclear magnetic resonance spectra provide evidence that local moments form in the CuO{sub 2} plane in both normal and superconducting states. We suggest that these magnetic impurities are related to the electronic disorder that scanning tunneling microscopy experiments identify with the oxygen dopant atoms.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC; NSF
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1002229
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-68840
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B Journal Issue: Feb. 2008 Vol. 77; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH