Doping effect on the evolution of the pairing symmetry in n-type superconductor near antiferromagnetic phase boundary

We present the investigation results of the in-plane \{rho}(T) resistivity tensor at the temperature range 0.4-40 K in magnetic fields up to 90kOe (H||c, J||ab) for electron-doped Nd{2-x}Ce{x}CuO{4+{\delta}} with different degree of disorder near antiferromagnetic - superconducting phase boundary. We have experimentally found that for optimally doped compound both the upper critical field slope and the critical temperature decrease with increasing of the disorder parameter (d-wave pairing) while in the case of the underdoped system the critical temperature remains constant and (dHc2/dT)|Tc increases with increasing of the disorder (s-wave pairing). These features suggest a possible implementation of the complex mixture state as the (s+id)-pairing.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure

The estimation of coherence length for electron-doped superconductor Nd2−x_{2-x}Cex_xCuO4+δ_{4+\delta}

Results of low-temperature upper critical field measurements for Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ single crystals with various $x$ and nonstoichiometric disorder ($\delta$) are presented. The coherence length of pair correlation $\xi$ and the product $k_F$$\xi$, where $k_F$ is the Fermi wave vector, are estimated. It is shown that for investigated single crystals parameter $k_F$$\xi$ $\cong$ 100 and thus phenomenologically NdCeCuO - system is in a range of Cooper-pair-based (BCS) superconductivity.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 table

Anisotropic temperature dependence of normal state resistivity in underdoped region of a layered electron-doped superconductor Nd2- xCe x CuO4

The aim of this work is to investigate the temperature dependences both in CuO2 plane and out-of plane resistivities in electron-doped Nd2-xCexCuO4 for x from 0.135 up to 0.15 in order to analyze the anisotropy of the electrical transport in the process of the evolution from antiferromagnetic order in the underdoped region to superconducting order in optimally doped region. © 2018 Author(s)

Suppression of 2D superconductivity by the magnetic field: quantum corrections vs superconductor-insulator transition

Magnetotransport of superconducting Nd_{2-x}Ce_xCuO_{4+y} (NdCeCuO) films is studied in the temperature interval 0.3-30 K. The microscopic theory of the quantum corrections to conductivity, both in the Cooper and in the diffusion channels, qualitatively describes the main features of the experiment including the negative magnetoresistance in the high field limit. Comparison with the model of the field-induced superconductor-insulator transition (SIT) is included and a crossover between these two theoretical approaches is discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to JETP Letter

Resistivity tensor correlations in the mixed state of electron-doped superconductor Nd2-xCexCuO4+δ

The magnetic-field dependencies of the longitudinal and Hall resistance of the electron-doped compounds Nd2-xCexCuO4+δ in underdoped region with x = 0.14 and with varying degrees of disorder (δ) were investigated. It was established experimentally that the correlation between the longitudinal electrical resistivity and the Hall resistivity can be analyzed on the basis of scaling relationships: ρxy(B) ∼ [ρxx(B)]β. For the totality of the investigated single-crystal films of Nd2-xCexCuO4+δ/SrTiO3 the values of β from 0.8 to 1.55 is found. The observed feature in the electron-doped two-dimensional systems can be associated both with a displaying of anisotropic s - wave or d - wave pairing symmetry and with a pinning due to an essential degree of disorder in the samples under study. © 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V