Naslov
Changes in the in- and out-of-plane magnetic susceptibility of YBCO crystals with temperature and hole content

Autori
Kokanović, Ivan ; Cooper, John ; Iida, Kazumasa

Izvornik
EPL. Europhysics letters (0295-5075) 98 (2012); 57011-1

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Strongly correlated electron systems; Cuprate superconductors; Magnetic anisotropy

Sažetak
We report new magnetic susceptibility and anisotropy data for single crystals of YBa2Cu3O6+x from x = 0.38 to 0.95. We argue that the temperature (T) dependence of the magnetic anisotropy in the normal state well above Tc arises from a combination of the pseudogap and substantial g-factor anisotropy. With this interpretation we obtain onset temperatures for superconducting fluctuations over a wide range of x. For hole concentrations p < 0.14 there are two extra contributions to the magnetic susceptibility and its anisotropy. We analyse these in terms of changes in the Van Vleck paramagnetism plus a significant paramagnetic contribution from an electron pocket at low fields in the region 0:084 < p < 0.135. This is where the superconducting transition temperature Tc(p) deviates from the usual parabolic law and where quantum oscillations and a negative Hall coefficient are observed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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