Gradual emergence of superconductivity in underdoped La2-x Srx CuO4

Ana Elena Ţuţueanu, MacHteld E. Kamminga, Tim B. Tejsner, Henrik Jacobsen, Henriette W. Hansen, Monica Elisabeta Lǎcǎtuşu, Jacob Baas, Kira L. Eliasen, Jean Claude Grivel, Yasmine Sassa, Niels Bech Christensen, Paul Steffens, Martin Boehm, Andrea Piovano, Kim Lefmann, Astrid T. Rømer

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Abstract

We present triple-axis neutron scattering studies of low-energy magnetic fluctuations in strongly underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4 with x=0.05, 0.06 and 0.07, providing quantitative evidence for a direct competition between these fluctuations and superconductivity. At dopings x=0.06 and x=0.07, three-dimensional superconductivity is found, while only a very weak signature of two-dimensional superconductivity residing in the CuO2 planes is detectable for x=0.05. We find a surprising suppression of the low-energy fluctuations by an external magnetic field at all three dopings. This implies that the response of two-dimensional superconductivity to a magnetic field is similar to that of a bulk superconductor. Our results provide direct evidence of a very gradual onset of superconductivity in cuprates.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer174514
TidsskriftPhysical Review B
Vol/bind107
Udgave nummer17
ISSN2469-9950
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 maj 2023

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