Muon spin relaxation study of the stripe phase order in La{sub 1.6{minus}x}Nd{sub 0.4}Sr{sub x}CuO{sub 4} and related 214 cuprates

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.8760· OSTI ID:659328

Nachumi, B; Fudamoto, Y; Keren, A; Kojima, K M; Larkin, M; Luke, G M; Merrin, J; Tchernyshyov, O; Uemura, Y J ^[1]; Ichikawa, N; Goto, M; Takagi, H; Uchida, S ^[2]; Crawford, M K; McCarron, E M ^[3]; MacLaughlin, D E ^[4]; Heffner, R H ^[5]

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1. Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)
2. Department of Superconductivity, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 (Japan)
3. DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0356 (United States)
4. Department of Physics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
5. MS K764, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

We present zero-field muon spin relaxation ({mu}SR) measurements of La{sub 1.6{minus}x}Nd{sub 0.4}Sr{sub x}CuO{sub 4} with x=0.125,0.15,0.2;thinspLa{sub 1.475}Nd{sub 0.4}Ba{sub 0.125}CuO{sub 4},thinspLa{sub 1.875}Ba{sub 0.125}CuO{sub 4}, and La{sub 1.875}Ba{sub 0.125{minus}y}Sr{sub y}CuO{sub 4} with y=0.025,0.065. All of the samples with dopant concentrations x+y{le}0.15 show similar static magnetic order with coherent precession of the muon spins below T{sub N}{approx}30thinspK, with a T{r_arrow}0 ordered Cu moment {approx}0.3{mu}{sub B}. The samples with x=0.20 show no coherent precession but manifest two distinct relaxation regimes, typical of quasistatic magnetism. We then present transverse-field {mu}SR hysteresis measurements of the La{sub 1.45}Nd{sub 0.4}Sr{sub 0.15}CuO{sub 4} and La{sub 1.4}Nd{sub 0.4}Sr{sub 0.2}CuO{sub 4} systems that show a large superconducting response below approximately 7 K and 12 K, respectively. We argue that superconductivity and magnetic order coexist in the x=0.15 system. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 659328
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 58, Issue 13; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
MUON SPIN RELAXATION
CUPRATES
LANTHANUM OXIDES
STRONTIUM OXIDES
COPPER OXIDES
NEODYMIUM OXIDES
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0013-0065 K
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MUON PROBES
HYSTERESIS