Published October 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Field-induced uniform antiferromagnetic order associated with superconductivity in Pr1-xLaCexCuO4-δ

  • 1. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Inst. of Materials Structure Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • 2. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai Research Establishment, Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)
  • 3. Tohoku Univ., Inst. for Materials Research, Sendai, Miyagi (Japan)

Description

A strong correlation between field-induced antiferromagnetic (AF) order and superconductivity is demonstrated for an electron-doped cuprate superconductor, Pr1-xLaCexCuO4-δ (PLCCO). In addition to the specimen with x=0.11 (which is close to the AF phase boundary, x≅0.10), we show that the specimen with x=0.15 (Tc≅16K at zero field) also exhibits the field-induced AF order with a reduced magnitude of the induced moment. The uniform muon Knight shift at a low magnetic field (∼102 Oe) indicates that the AF order is not localized within the cores of flux lines, which is in marked contrast to theoretical predictions for hole-doped cuprates. The presence of anomalous nondiagonal hyperfine coupling between muons and Pr ions is also demonstrated in detail. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 2806-2812
ISSN
0031-9015

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Notes
44 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.