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Magnetotransport properties of antiferromagnetic YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 6.25} single crystals.

Journal Article · · Physica C

In-plane {Delta}{rho}{sub ab}/{rho}{sub ab} and out-of-plane {Delta}{rho}{sub c}/{rho}{sub c} magnetoresistivities of antiferromagnetic YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 6.25} single crystals were measured in magnetic fields H applied along the ab-plane. {Delta}{rho}{sub ab}/{rho}{sub ab} is a superposition of two components: The first component is strongly in-plane anisotropic, changing sign from negative when H{sup {parallel}}/ to positive when H{sup {perpendicular}}/. The second component is positive, quadratic in H, and isotropic in the ab-plane. {Delta}{rho}{sub c}/{rho}{sub c} displays a fourfold symmetry upon in-plane rotation of the magnetic field, with maxima along the easy axes of antiferromagnetic spin ordering and minima along unfavorable directions of spin orientation (45{sup o} from the Cu-O-Cu bonds).

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; NSF
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
961127
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-44809
Journal Information:
Physica C, Journal Name: Physica C Journal Issue: 2001 Vol. 364-365; ISSN 0921-4534; ISSN PHYCE6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH