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Neutron Scattering Study of Spin Ordering and Stripe Pinning in Superconducting La1.93Srd0.07^CuO4

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H. Jacobsen, I. A. Zaliznyak, A. T. Savici, B. L. Winn, S. Chang, M. Hucker, G. D. Gu, J. M. Tranquada, Peter M. Gehring

Abstract

The relationships among charge order, spin fluctuations, and superconductivity in underdoped cuprates remain controversial. We use neutron scattering techniques to study these phenomena in La1.93Sr0.07CuO4, a superconductor with a transition temperature of Tc = 20 K. At Tc, we find incommensurate spin fluctuations with a nearly energy-independent spectrum and no sign of a gap within the energy range from 0.2 to 15 meV. A weak elastic magnetic component grows below 10 K, consistent with results from local probes. Regarding the atomic lattice, we have discovered unexpectedly strong fluctuations of the CuO6 octahedra about Cu-O bonds, which are associated with inequivalent O sites within the CuO2 planes. Furthermore, we observed a weak associated a weak elastic (330) superlattice peak that implies a reduced lattice symmetry. The presence of inequivalent O sites rationalizes various pieces of evidence for charge stripe order in underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4. The coexistence of superconductivity with quasi-static spin-stripe order suggests the presence of intertwined orders; however, the rotation of the stripe orientation away from the Cu-O bonds might be connected with evidence for a finite gap at the nodal points of the superconducting gap function.
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Physical Review B
Volume
92
Issue
17
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Superconductivity, La2CuO4, stripe order, spin fluctuations, neutron scattering

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Jacobsen, H. , Zaliznyak, I. , Savici, A. , Winn, B. , Chang, S. , Hucker, M. , Gu, G. , Tranquada, J. and Gehring, P. (2015), Neutron Scattering Study of Spin Ordering and Stripe Pinning in Superconducting La<sub>1.93Sr</sub>d0.07^CuO<sub>4</sub>, Physical Review B, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919273 (Accessed March 13, 2025)

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Created November 19, 2015, Updated October 12, 2021