Published May 1, 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Shifting of the magnetic-resonance peak to lower energy in the superconducting state of underdoped YBa2Cu3O6.8

  • 1. Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. CEA, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, de Grenoble (France). Dept. de Recherche Fondamentale
  • 3. Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 -Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 4. Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin, 38 -Grenoble (France)
  • 5. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 38 - Grenoble (France)

Description

Inelastic neutron scattering has been used to determine the dynamic spin fluctuations in an underdoped high-temperature superconductor YBCO6.8 single crystal. The magnetic resonance, that occurs around 40 meV in overdoped samples, is shifted to a lower energy, Er = 34 meV. A constant ratio, Er/kBTC = 4.9 ± 0.2, almost independent of the doping level, is found. According to numerous theoretical approaches, this finding supports the idea that the resonance energy is proportional (approximately twice) to the superconducting gap. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Europhysics Letters
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 313-318.
ISSN
0295-5075
CODEN
EULEEJ