Magnetic-field-induced vortex-lattice transition in HgBa2CuO4+δ

Lee, Jeongseop A.; Xin, Yizhou; Stolt, I.; Halperin, W. P.; Reyes, A. P.; Kuhns, P. L.; Chan, Mun Keat

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.024512

Title: Magnetic-field-induced vortex-lattice transition in ${HgBa}_{2} {CuO}_{4 + δ}$

Journal Article · Mon Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.024512· OSTI ID:1441301

Lee, Jeongseop A. ^[1]; Xin, Yizhou ^[1]; Stolt, I. ^[1]; Halperin, W. P. ^[1]; Reyes, A. P. ^[2]; Kuhns, P. L. ^[2];

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Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
National High Magnetic Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Measurements of the ¹⁷O nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) quadrupolar spectrum of apical oxygen in HgBa₂CuO_4+δ were performed over a range of magnetic fields from 6.4–30 T in the superconducting state. Oxygen-isotope-exchanged single crystals were investigated with doping corresponding to superconducting transition temperatures from 74 K underdoped, to 78 K overdoped. The apical oxygen site was chosen since its NMR spectrum has narrow quadrupolar satellites that are well separated from any other resonance. Nonvortex contributions to the spectra can be deconvolved in the time domain to determine the local magnetic field distribution from the vortices. Numerical analysis using Brandt's Ginzburg-Landau theory was used to find structural parameters of the vortex lattice, penetration depth, and coherence length as a function of magnetic field in the vortex solid phase. From this analysis we report a vortex structural transition near 15 T from an oblique lattice with an opening angle of 73° at low magnetic fields to a triangular lattice with 60° stabilized at high field. The temperature for onset of vortex dynamics has been identified from spin-spin relaxation. This is independent of the magnetic field at sufficiently high magnetic field similar to that reported for YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ and is correlated with mass anisotropy of the material. Here, this behavior is accounted for theoretically only in the limit of very high anisotropy.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; FG02-05ER46248; LANLF100

OSTI ID:: 1441301

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1341279

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-22090; PRBMDO; TRN: US1900885

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 95, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9950

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