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Title: Probing the connections between superconductivity, stripe order, and structure in La 1.905 Ba 0.095 Cu 1 - y Zn y O 4

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

The superconducting system La 2 - x Ba x CuO 4 is known to show a minimum in the transition temperature T c at x = 1 8 where maximal stripe order is pinned by the anisotropy within the CuO 2 planes that occurs in the low-temperature-tetragonal (LTT) crystal structure. For x = 0.095 , where T c reaches its maximum value of 32 K, there is a roughly coincident structural transition to a phase that is very close to LTT. Here, we present a neutron scattering study of the structural transition, and demonstrate how features of it correlate with anomalies in the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and thermoelectric power. We also present measurements on a crystal with 1 % Zn substituted for Cu, which reduces T c to 17 K, enhances the spin stripe order, but has much less effect on the structural transition. We make the case that the structural transition correlates with a reduction of the Josephson coupling between the CuO 2 layers, which interrupts the growth of the superconducting order. We also discuss evidence for two-dimensional superconducting fluctuations in the normal state, analyze the effective magnetic moment per Zn impurity, and consider the significance of the anomalous thermopower often reported in the stripe-ordered phase.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1385506
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 85, Issue 13; Related Information: CES partners with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Los Alamos National Laboratory; ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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