Central mode and spin confinement near the boundary of the superconducting phase in YBa2Cu3O6.353 (Tc=18 K)

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Beitragende

  • C. Stock - (Autor:in)
  • W. J. L. Buyers - (Autor:in)
  • Z. Yamani - (Autor:in)
  • C. Broholm - (Autor:in)
  • J. -H. Chung - (Autor:in)
  • Z. Tun - (Autor:in)
  • R. Liang - (Autor:in)
  • D. Peets - , University of British Columbia (Autor:in)
  • D. Bonn - (Autor:in)
  • W. N. Hardy - (Autor:in)
  • R. J. Birgeneau - (Autor:in)

Abstract

We have mapped the neutron scattering spin spectrum at low-energies in YBa2Cu3O6.353 (Tc=18 K) where the doping ~0.06 is near the critical value (pc=0.055) for superconductivity. No coexistence with long range ordered antiferromagnetism is found. The spins fluctuate on two energy scales, one a damped spin response with a ~2 meV relaxation rate and the other a central mode with a relaxation rate that slows to less than 0.08 meV below Tc. The spectrum mirrors that of a soft mode driving a central mode. Extremely short correlation lengths, 42+-5 Angstrom in-plane and 8+-2 Angstrom along the c direction, and isotropic spin orientations for the central mode indicate that the correlations are subcritical with respect to any second order transition to Neel order. The dynamics follows a model where damped spin fluctuations are coupled to the slow fluctuations of regions with correlations shortened by the hole doping.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer100504
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B
Jahrgang73
Ausgabenummer10
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 22 März 2006
Peer-Review-StatusNein
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 33645122976

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.str-el

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