Correlation between Fermi surface transformations and superconductivity in the electron-doped high- Tc superconductor Nd2-xCexCuO4

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Beitragende

  • T. Helm - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • M. V. Kartsovnik - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • C. Proust - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Autor:in)
  • B. Vignolle - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Autor:in)
  • C. Putzke - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • E. Kampert - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • I. Sheikin - , Université Grenoble Alpes (Autor:in)
  • E. S. Choi - , Florida State University (Autor:in)
  • J. S. Brooks - , Florida State University (Autor:in)
  • N. Bittner - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • W. Biberacher - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Autor:in)
  • A. Erb - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technische Universität München (Autor:in)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Professur für Physik in hohen Magnetfeldern (gB/HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • R. Gross - , Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Technische Universität München (Autor:in)

Abstract

Two critical points have been revealed in the normal-state phase diagram of the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Nd2-xCexCuO4 by exploring the Fermi surface properties of high-quality single crystals by high-field magnetotransport. First, the quantitative analysis of the Shubnikov-de Haas effect shows that the weak superlattice potential responsible for the Fermi surface reconstruction in the overdoped regime extrapolates to zero at the doping level xc=0.175 corresponding to the onset of superconductivity. Second, the high-field Hall coefficient exhibits a sharp drop right below optimal doping xopt=0.145 where the superconducting transition temperature is maximum. This drop is most likely caused by the onset of long-range antiferromagnetic ordering. Thus the superconducting dome appears to be pinned by two critical points to the normal state phase diagram.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer094501
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Jahrgang92
Ausgabenummer9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Sept. 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa