Glassy spin freezing and NMR wipeout effect in the high-T{sub c} superconductor La{sub 1.90}Sr{sub 0.10}CuO{sub 4}: Critical discussion of the role of stripes
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· Physical Review B
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We report on {sup 139}La and {sup 63}Cu NMR/NQR measurements in the high-T{sub c} superconductor La{sub 1.90}Sr{sub 0.10}CuO{sub 4}, with T{sub c}=26.5 K. Spin fluctuations probed by {sup 139}La spin-lattice relaxation (T{sub 1}) continuously slow down on cooling through T{sub c}. We argue that spin freezing and superconductivity are bulk effects in this sample. Thus both phenomena have to coexist microscopically. The distribution of {sup 139}La T{sub 1} values at low temperature reveals a wide spread of spin fluctuation frequencies in CuO{sub 2} planes. A simple estimate shows that {sup 63}Cu nuclei at sites where electronic fluctuations are the slowest are not observable (wipeout effect) because relaxation times are too short. This means that the {sup 63}Cu NQR wipeout, observed in this sample, can be explained primarily by slow magnetic, rather than charge, fluctuations. The magnetic origin of the wipeout is still compatible with a connection between wipeout and charge order [as proposed by Hunt , Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4300 (1999)], but this connection is indirect. On the other hand, since the wipeout fraction is not an intensive quantity it cannot define a proper order parameter and cannot be used by itself as a criterion for the existence of a stripe phase.
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- Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 63; ISSN 0163-1829
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- The American Physical Society
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- United States
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- English
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