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Title: Revisiting Cu 63 NMR evidence for charge order in superconducting La 1.885 Sr 0.115 CuO 4

Abstract

Here, the presence of charge and spin stripe order in the La2CuO4-based family of superconductors continues to lead to new insight on the unusual ground-state properties of high-Tc cuprates. Soon after the discovery of charge stripe order at Tcharge≃65 K in Nd3+ co-doped La1.48Nd0.4Sr0.12CuO4(Tc≃6 K), Hunt et al. demonstrated that La1.48Nd0.4Sr0.12CuO4 and superconducting La2–xSrxCuO4 with x~1/8(Tc≃30 K) share nearly identical NMR anomalies near Tcharge of the former. Their inevitable conclusion that La1.885Sr0.115CuO4 also undergoes charge order at a comparable temperature became controversial, because diffraction measurements at the time were unable to detect Bragg peaks associated with charge order. Recent advances in x-ray diffraction techniques finally led to definitive confirmations of the charge order Bragg peaks in La1.885Sr0.115CuO4 with an onset at as high as Tcharge≃80 K. Meanwhile, improved instrumental technology has enabled routine NMR measurements that were not feasible two decades ago. Motivated by these new developments, we revisit the charge order transition of a La1.885Sr0.115CuO4 single crystal based on 63Cu NMR techniques. We demonstrate that 63Cu NMR properties of the nuclear spin Iz=–1/2 to +1/2 central transition below Tcharge exhibit unprecedentedly strong dependence on the measurement time scale set by the separation time τ between the 90° and 180°more » radio-frequency pulses; a new kind of anomalous, very broad winglike 63Cu NMR signals gradually emerge below Tcharge only for extremely short τ≲4μs, while the spectral weight INormal of the normal NMR signals is progressively wiped out. The NMR linewidth and relaxation rates depend strongly on τ below Tcharge, and their enhancement in the charge ordered state indicates that charge order turns on strong but inhomogeneous growth of Cu spin-spin correlations.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [4]
  1. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada); Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada)
  2. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  4. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1420041
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1414863
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46134; AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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Imai, T., Takahashi, S. K., Arsenault, A., Acton, A. W., Lee, D., He, W., Lee, Y. S., and Fujita, M. Revisiting Cu63 NMR evidence for charge order in superconducting La1.885Sr0.115CuO4. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.96.224508.
Imai, T., Takahashi, S. K., Arsenault, A., Acton, A. W., Lee, D., He, W., Lee, Y. S., & Fujita, M. Revisiting Cu63 NMR evidence for charge order in superconducting La1.885Sr0.115CuO4. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.96.224508
Imai, T., Takahashi, S. K., Arsenault, A., Acton, A. W., Lee, D., He, W., Lee, Y. S., and Fujita, M. Tue . "Revisiting Cu63 NMR evidence for charge order in superconducting La1.885Sr0.115CuO4". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.96.224508. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1420041.
@article{osti_1420041,
title = {Revisiting Cu63 NMR evidence for charge order in superconducting La1.885Sr0.115CuO4},
author = {Imai, T. and Takahashi, S. K. and Arsenault, A. and Acton, A. W. and Lee, D. and He, W. and Lee, Y. S. and Fujita, M.},
abstractNote = {Here, the presence of charge and spin stripe order in the La2CuO4-based family of superconductors continues to lead to new insight on the unusual ground-state properties of high-Tc cuprates. Soon after the discovery of charge stripe order at Tcharge≃65 K in Nd3+ co-doped La1.48Nd0.4Sr0.12CuO4(Tc≃6 K), Hunt et al. demonstrated that La1.48Nd0.4Sr0.12CuO4 and superconducting La2–xSrxCuO4 with x~1/8(Tc≃30 K) share nearly identical NMR anomalies near Tcharge of the former. Their inevitable conclusion that La1.885Sr0.115CuO4 also undergoes charge order at a comparable temperature became controversial, because diffraction measurements at the time were unable to detect Bragg peaks associated with charge order. Recent advances in x-ray diffraction techniques finally led to definitive confirmations of the charge order Bragg peaks in La1.885Sr0.115CuO4 with an onset at as high as Tcharge≃80 K. Meanwhile, improved instrumental technology has enabled routine NMR measurements that were not feasible two decades ago. Motivated by these new developments, we revisit the charge order transition of a La1.885Sr0.115CuO4 single crystal based on 63Cu NMR techniques. We demonstrate that 63Cu NMR properties of the nuclear spin Iz=–1/2 to +1/2 central transition below Tcharge exhibit unprecedentedly strong dependence on the measurement time scale set by the separation time τ between the 90° and 180° radio-frequency pulses; a new kind of anomalous, very broad winglike 63Cu NMR signals gradually emerge below Tcharge only for extremely short τ≲4μs, while the spectral weight INormal of the normal NMR signals is progressively wiped out. The NMR linewidth and relaxation rates depend strongly on τ below Tcharge, and their enhancement in the charge ordered state indicates that charge order turns on strong but inhomogeneous growth of Cu spin-spin correlations.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.96.224508},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 22,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Dec 26 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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