Published August 1, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Absence of Cu2+ electron-spin resonance in high-temperature superconductors and related insulators up to 1150 K

  • 1. Centre de Recherche sur la Physique des Solides, CNRS, 45071 Orleans Cedex 2 (France)
  • 2. Physics Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182 (United States)
  • 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 4. AT ampersand T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 (United States)
  • 5. Laboratorie de Chimie du Solide, CNRS, Universite de Bordeaux I, 33405 Talence Cedex (France)
  • 6. Physics Department, University of California, San Diego, California 92093 (United States)

Description

One unresolved question in the high-temperature superconductors and their copper oxide parent compounds is the absence of a Cu2+ electron-spin-resonance (ESR) signal even at temperatures well above the Neel temperature. We have extended the measurements up to 1150 K in both single crystals and ceramic pellets of La2CuO4+δ, 0 approx-lt δ approx-lt 0.12, and no ESR signal has been observed. Our data are not compatible with the models based only on magnetic fluctuations which predict an ESR linewidth of a few hundred Oe at such high temperatures. Other suggested explanations for the absence of a Cu2+ ESR signal are discussed

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 4216-4218.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO