Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Magnetic-Field Induced Superconductor–Antiferromagnet Transition in Lightly Doped RBa2Cu3O6+x (R = Lu, Y) Crystals

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The remarkable sensitivity of the c-axis resistivity and magnetoresistance in cuprates to the spin ordering is used to clarify the doping-induced transformation from an antiferromagnetic (AF) insulator to a superconducting (SC) metal in RBa2Cu3O6+x (R = Lu, Y) single crystals. The established phase diagram demonstrates that the AF and SC regions apparently overlap: The superconductivity in RBa2Cu3O6+x , in contrast to La2−x Sr x CuO4, sets in before the long-range AF order is completely destroyed by hole doping. Magnetoresistance measurements of superconducting crystals with low T c ≤15–20 K give a clear view of the magnetic-field induced superconductivity suppression and recovery of the long-range AF state. What still remains to be understood is whether the AF order actually persists in the SC state or just revives when the superconductivity is suppressed, and in the former case, whether the antiferromagnetism and superconductivity reside in nanoscopically separated phases or coexist on an atomic scale.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Kastner, M.A., Birgeneau, R.J., Shirane, G., Endoh, Y.: Rev. Mod. Phys. 70, 897 (1998)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Axe, J.D., Moudden, A.H., Hohlwein, D., Cox, D.E., Mohanty, K.M., Moodenbaugh, A.R., Xu, Y.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2751 (1989)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Tranquada, J.M., Moudden, A.H., Goldman, A.I., Zolliker, P., Cox, D.E., Shirane, G., Sinha, S.K., Vaknin, D., Johnston, D.C., Alvarez, M.S., Jacobson, A.J., Lewandowski, J.T., Newsam, J.M.: Phys. Rev. B 38, 2477 (1988)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Brewer, J.H., et al.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 1073 (1988)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Lavrov, A.N., Kozeeva, L.P.: Physica C 248, 365 (1995)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Lavrov, A.N., Kozeeva, L.P.: Physica C 253, 313 (1995)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Lavrov, A.N., Kozeeva, L.P.: JETP Lett. 62, 580 (1995)

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Lavrov, A.N., Kameneva, M.Yu., Kozeeva, L.P.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5636 (1998)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Sanna, S., Allodi, G., Concas, G., Hillier, A.D., De Renzi, R.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 207001 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Lavrov, A.N., Ando, Y., Segawa, K., Takeya, J.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1419 (1999)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Thio, T., Thurston, T.R., Preyer, N.W., Picone, P.J., Kastner, M.A., Jenssen, H.P., Gabbe, D.R., Chen, C.Y., Birgeneau, R.J., Aharony, A.: Phys. Rev. B 38, 905 (1988)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Ando, Y., Lavrov, A.N., Komiya, S.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 247003 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Lavrov, A.N., Kang, H.J., Kurita, Y., Suzuki, T., Komiya, S., Lynn, J.W., Lee, S.-H., Dai, P., Ando, Y.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 227003 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. Wu, T., Wang, C.H., Wu, G., Fang, D.F., Luo, J.L., Liu, G.T., Chen, X.H.: J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 20, 275226 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. Kameneva, M.Yu., Kozeeva, L.P., Lavrov, A.N., Sokol, E.V., Fedorov, V.E.: J. Cryst. Growth 231, 171 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. Trunin, M.R.: Phys. Uspekhi 48, 979 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Valla, T., Johnson, P.D., Yusof, Z., Wells, B., Li, Q., Loureiro, S.M., Cava, R.J., Mikami, M., Mori, Y., Yoshimura, M., Sasaki, T.: Nature (Lond.) 417, 627 (2002)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. Niedermayer, Ch., Bernhard, C., Blasius, T., Golnik, A., Moodenbaugh, A., Budnick, J.I.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3843 (1998)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Gooding, R.J., Salem, N.M., Birgeneau, R.J., Chou, F.C.: Phys. Rev. B 55, 6360 (1997)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Ando, Y., Lavrov, A.N., Komiya, S., Segawa, K., Sun, X.F.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 017001 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Lavrentyeva-3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    A. N. Lavrov & L. P. Kozeeva

  2. Institute of Solid State Physics, Institutskaya-2, Chernogolovka, 142432, Moscow region, Russia

    M. R. Trunin & V. N. Zverev

Authors
  1. A. N. Lavrov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. L. P. Kozeeva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. R. Trunin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. V. N. Zverev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. N. Lavrov.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lavrov, A.N., Kozeeva, L.P., Trunin, M.R. et al. Magnetic-Field Induced Superconductor–Antiferromagnet Transition in Lightly Doped RBa2Cu3O6+x (R = Lu, Y) Crystals. J Supercond Nov Magn 22, 63–66 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-008-0365-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-008-0365-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation