The diamagnetism above the superconducting transition in underdoped La(1.9)Sr(0.1)CuO(4) revisited: Chemical disorder or phase incoherent superconductivity?
超导波动和不均匀性之间的相互作用提出了一个新的兴趣,由于最近的工作支持一个异常的[超越传统的高斯-金兹伯格-朗道(GGL)的情况下]抗磁性高于Tc在欠掺杂的铜酸盐。这一结论主要是基于低场等温磁化曲线中新异常的观察,与我们早期在欠掺杂La(1.9)Sr(0.1)CuO(4)[Phys. Rev. Lett. 84,3157(2000)]。这些看似内在的反常现象在各种有影响力的著作中被作为赝能隙区相位非相干超导性的“热力学证据”提出,这是目前铜酸盐超导体物理学的一个中心和有争议的问题。在这里,我们已经扩展了我们的磁化强度测量在La(1.9)Sr(0.1)CuO(4)的两个样品具有不同的化学无序,在其中一个接近与随机分布的Sr离子。对于该样品,相应的Tc分布可以近似为围绕平均Tc对称,而在最无序的样品中是强烈不对称的。在这两个样品中测量的磁化强度之间的比较提供了一个关键的检查所观察到的抗磁性异常,这是类似于那些声称由于相位波动由其他作者的化学无序起源。这一结论也适用于只受本征类化学无序影响的样品,提供了进一步的检查,即在正常状态下的赝能隙的打开不影响低掺杂铜酸盐的超导转变以上的本征抗磁性。它还表明,一旦这些障碍的影响被克服,剩余的前体抗磁性可以占在一个定量水平的GGL方法下的总能量截止。
英文摘要:
The interplay between superconducting fluctuations and inhomogeneities presents a renewed interest due to recent works supporting an anomalous [beyond the conventional Gaussian-Ginzburg-Landau (GGL) scenario] diamagnetism above Tc in underdoped cuprates. This conclusion, mainly based in the observation of new anomalies in the low-field isothermal magnetization curves, is in contradiction with our earlier results in the underdoped La(1.9)Sr(0.1)CuO(4) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3157 (2000)]. These seemingly intrinsic anomalies are being presented in various influential works as a 'thermodynamic evidence' for phase incoherent superconductivity in the pseudogap regime, this last being at present a central and debated issue of the cuprate superconductors' physics. Here we have extended our magnetization measurements in La(1.9)Sr(0.1)CuO(4) to two samples with different chemical disorder, in one of them close to the one associated with the random distribution of Sr ions. For this sample, the corresponding Tc-distribution may be approximated as symmetric around the average Tc, while in the most disordered sample is strongly asymmetric. The comparison between the magnetization measured in both samples provides a crucial check of the chemical disorder origin of the observed diamagnetism anomalies, which are similar to those claimed as due to phase fluctuations by other authors. This conclusion applies also to the sample affected only by the intrinsic-like chemical disorder, providing then a further check that the intrinsic diamagnetism above the superconducting transition of underdoped cuprates is not affected by the opening of a pseudogap in the normal state. It is also shown here that once these disorder effects are overcome, the remaining precursor diamagnetism may be accounted at a quantitative level in terms of the GGL approach under a total energy cutoff.
Anomalous precursor diamagnetism at low reduced magnetic fields and the role of Tc inhomogeneities in the superconductors Pb55In45 and underdoped La1.9Sr0.1CuO4
在高Tc欠掺杂铜酸盐La 1.9 Sr 0.1 CuO 4和低Tc合金(Pb 55 In 45)中,在超导转变上方测量了磁化强度的磁场依赖性。在超导转变附近[通常对于(T-Tc)/Tc<0.05]和在低施加的磁场幅度下[通常对于H/Hc 2(0)<0.01,其中Hc 2(0)是外推到T=0 K的相应上临界场],两个样品的磁化呈现出比高斯金兹伯格-朗道(GGL)方法预测的超导波动大得多的抗磁贡献。这些异常现象已经在铜酸盐化合物中被不同的团体观察到,并归因于与这些高Tc超导体自身性质相关的内在效应。然而,我们将在这里看到,我们在高Tc和低Tc超导体中的结果都可以定量地解释,并且与在更高场观察到的GGL行为一致,只要考虑样品中存在均匀分布的Tc不均匀性。这些Tc的不均匀性,这可能反过来与化学计量的不均匀性,估计从独立测量的温度依赖性的低施加磁场下的场冷却磁化率。
Diamagnetism of YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{6+x}$ crystals above $T_c$~: evidence for Gaussian fluctuations
用转矩磁强计测量了三种高质量的$_{2}$ $_{3}$ O $_{6+x}$单晶的磁化强度,从轻度过掺杂到重度欠掺杂。在两个欠掺杂晶体的扭矩的角度依赖性的惊人效果,几度以上的超导转变温度($T_c$)的高斯超导波动理论,使用一个单一的可调参数描述。较高温度下的数据($T$)与$T\gtrsim1.1T_c$波动的强截止值一致。数值估计表明,非弹性散射可能是负责这种截止。
Neutron Scattering Evidence for a Periodically-Modulated Superconducting Phase in the Underdoped Cuprate La$_{1.905}$Ba$_{0.095}$CuO$_4$
反铁磁自旋关联在高温超导体中的作用仍然是一个有争议的问题。我们提出的非弹性中子散射证据表明,在La $_{1.905}$ Ba $_{0.095}$ CuO $_4$中,无带隙自旋涨落与超导电性共存。此外,我们还观察到超导关联的出现增强了低能磁谱权重和自旋不变性。我们认为这种共存是通过对波函数的空间调制和反铁磁关联的相互作用而发生的。该提议也与充分欠掺杂的La $_{2-x}$ Sr $_x$ CuO $_4$和YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{6+x}$直接相关。
High resolution X-ray scattering studies of structural phase transitions in underdoped La$_{2-x}$Ba$_x$CuO$_4$
用高分辨X射线散射技术研究了低掺杂La $_{2-x}$ Ba $_x$ CuO $_4$单晶的结构相变。在x=0.125,0.095和0.08的单晶样品中研究了与连续高温四方晶系(HTT,$I4/mmm$)到中温正交晶系(MTO,$Cmca$)相变相关的临界性质,发现所有行为与理论预期的三维XY临界性一致。正交应变2(a-b)/(a+b)中的幂律行为在非常宽的温度范围内被观察到,跨越相图中的大多数MTO区域。在x=0.125和x=0.095的样品中,研究低温四元(LTT,$P4_{2}/ncm$)相,低于强烈不连续的MTO $\to$ LTT相变的低温测量表明,LTT相的特征在于相对较宽的布拉格散射,与在HTT相的相关波矢处观察到的相比。这表明LTT相是四方相和正交相的混合物,或者它是具有非常小的正交应变的正交相,与先前在混合La $_{2-x}$ Sr $_{x-y}$ Ba $_y$ CuO $_4$单晶中报道的“较少正交”低温结构一致。我们比较复杂的温度-成分相图的结构和超导相变在欠掺杂的La $_{2-x}$ Ba $_x$ CuO $_4$的位置,并找到良好的协议与多晶样品上获得的结果。
Anomalies in the ab-plane resistivity of strongly underdoped La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} single crystals: possible charge stripe ordering?
本文给出并讨论了小Sr含量(x=0.052-0.075)的La_{2-x} Sr_{x} CuO_{4}单晶的ab面电阻率的测量结果。通过使用AC Van der Pauw技术在4.2 K和300 K之间的温度范围内获得电阻率。当温度降低时,rho_{ab}(T)曲线显示出从线性行为到类似于双稳态行为的转变。与线性的偏离发生在掺杂依赖的温度T_{ch}。这种效应可以解释为由于预先存在的电荷条纹的渐进钉扎。在同样的框架下,超导样品的rho_{ab}(T)曲线在T_{c}正上方出现的异常尖峰,可以用从一个有序的近晶电子条纹相到一个更有序的近晶电子条纹相的转变来解释。
Variable range hopping theory for the nodal gap in strongly underdoped cuprate Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+δ}$
最近的角分辨光电子能谱(ARPES)实验对强欠掺杂Bi $_2$ Sr $_{2-x}$ La $_x$ CuO $_{6+δ}$铜氧化物在节方向上报道了一个不寻常的间隙。这些铜酸盐的运输实验发现变量范围跳跃行为观察。这些铜酸盐具有电子和空穴掺杂,这导致了这种铜酸盐类似于部分补偿半导体的提议。节点间隙对应于这种半导体中的Efros-Schklovskii(ES)间隙。我们计算的掺杂依赖性和温度依赖性的ES间隙模型,并找到支持Efros-Schklovskii模型。
Conventional proximity effect in bilayers of superconducting underdoped $La_{1.88}Sr_{0.12}CuO_4$ islands coated with non superconducting overdoped $La_{1.65}Sr_{0.35}CuO_4$
Magnetotransport evidence of irreversible spin reorientation in the collinear antiferromagnetic state of underdoped $\mathrm{Nd}_{2-x}\mathrm{Ce}_x\mathrm{CuO}_4$
Anomalously high quasiparticle thermal conductivity in the underdoped cuprate superconductor HgBa$_{2}$CuO$_{4+δ}$
Université de Sherbrooke(舍布鲁克大学);CEA Saclay(法国原子能和替代能源委员会萨克莱中心);CNRS UPR3228, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Toulouse, INSA-T(法国国家科学研究中心、格勒诺布尔阿尔卑斯大学、图卢兹大学);IRL Frontières Quantiques, Université de Sherbrooke–CNRS(量子前沿研究所,舍布鲁克大学-法国国家科学研究中心);Canadian Institute for Advanced Research(加拿大高级研究院)