Published April 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetic order in YBa2Cu4O8

  • 1. Racah Inst. of Physics, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem (Israel)

Description

57Fe Moessbauer spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility and powder X-ray-diffraction measurements were used to study superconductivity and magnetic order in YBa2(Cu1-xFex)4O8+δ. Tc is decreasing with x, disappearing for x>xc≅0.04. For xxc magnetic order is observed in the Cu(2) site, TN=380(5) K for x=0.1 and Heff (Cu(2), 4.2 K)=510(2) kOe. However, the most surprising discovery is that for x=0.025, for which Tc=27(2) K, the Fe in the Cu(1) site orders magnetically at TN=30(2) K and Heff (Cu(1), 4.2 K)=461(2) kOe. The coexistence and competition between superconductivity and magnetic order in the Cu(1) and Cu(2) sites in YBa2Cu4O8 are discussed in terms of the previously observed phase diagrams for Y1-xPrxBa2(Cu1-yFey)3Oz. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
1-4
Series
Hyperfine Interact.
Journal Page Range
1163-1166
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYIND

Conference

Title
International conference on the applications of the Moessbauer effect (ICAME '91).
Dates
16-20 Sep 1991.
Place
Nanjing (China).