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Suppression of the Charge-Density-Wave State in SrCaCuO by External Pressure
The influence of external pressure on the charge-density-wave (CDW) ground
state of the quasi-one-dimensional two-leg ladder compound
SrCaCuO has been studied by optical reflectivity
measurements as a function of temperature (10 - 300~K) and pressure (0.3 -
4.3~GPa) over the spectral range 580 - 6000 cm. With increasing pressure
the CDW transition temperature decreases with the linear pressure
coefficient -70~K/GPa, and above 3~GPa the CDW phase is
suppressed at all temperatures. This behavior is similar to that in compounds
SrCaCuO with increasing Ca content at ambient
pressure, with the simple scaling . The size of the
CDW gap decreases with increasing pressure, whereas the dimensionality of the
high-temperature insulating phase in SrCaCuO within
the ladder plane is hardly affected by external pressure.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Interplay between Freezing and Superconductivity in the Optimally Doped LaEu0.20Sr0.15CuO4 under Hydrostatic Pressure
We study the electronic properties of a LaEu0.20Sr0.15CuO4 single crystal
under hydrostatic pressure up to 2.9 GPa. Both the freezing of the Cu 3d
moments and the structural transition from the orthorhombic (LTO) to the
tetragonal (LTT) phase are observed via the relaxation of the nuclear
magnetization of La nuclei. Resistivity and magnetic susceptibility
measurements have been carried out under pressure on the same sample. The
combination of all data reveals the connection between glassy dynamics, charge
localization and the disappearance of superconductivity in the LTT phase.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitte
Frustration of the interlayer coupling by mobile holes in La2-xSrxCuO4 (x<0.02)
We have studied the interlayer coupling in the antiferromagnetic (AF) phase
of Sr and Zn doped La2CuO4 by analyzing the spin flip transition in the
magnetization curves. We find that the interlayer coupling strongly depends on
the mobility of the hole charge carriers. Samples with the same hole content as
well as the same Neel temperature but a different hole mobility, which we
adjusted by Zn co-doping, can have a very different interlayer coupling. Our
results suggest that only mobile holes can cause a strong frustration of the
interlayer coupling.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Strong enhancement of spin fluctuations in the low-temperature-tetragonal phase of antiferromagnetically ordered La_{2-x-y}Eu_ySr_xCuO_4
Measurements of the static magnetization, susceptibility and ESR of Gd spin
probes have been performed to study the properties of antiferromagnetically
ordered La_{2-x-y}Eu_ySr_xCuO_4 (x less or equal 0.02) with the low temperature
tetragonal structure. According to the static magnetic measurements the CuO_2
planes are magnetically decoupled in this structural phase. The ESR study
reveals strong magnetic fluctuations at the ESR frequency which are not present
in the orthorhombic phase. It is argued that this drastic enhancement of the
spin fluctuations is due to a considerable weakening of the interlayer exchange
and a pronounced influence of hole motion on the antiferromagnetic properties
of lightly hole doped La_2CuO_4. No evidence for the stripe phase formation at
small hole doping is obtained in the present study.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, 3 EPS figures; to be published in Journal of
Physics: Condensed Matte
Magnon-Hole Scattering and Charge Order in
The magnon thermal conductivity of the hole doped
spin ladders in has been investigated at low
doping levels . The analysis of reveals a strong
doping and temperature dependence of the magnon mean free path
which is a local probe for the interaction of magnons with
the doped holes in the ladders. In particular, this novel approach to studying
charge degrees of freedom via spin excitations shows that charge ordering of
the holes in the ladders leads to a freezing out of magnon-hole scattering
processes
Effect of localized holes on the long-range order in bilayer antiferromagnets
The effect of localized holes on the long-range antiferromagnetic order in
bilayer cuprates is studied, by applying the renormalization group to the
appropriate non-linear sigma model. The theory accounts quantitatively for the
magnetic phase diagram of Ca doepd YBa_2Cu_3O_6.Comment: 2 pages, to appear in Physica
NMR Evidence for Charge Inhomogeneity in Stripe Ordered La_{1.8-x}Eu_{0.2}Sr_{x}CuO_4
We report ^{17}O Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) results in the stripe
ordered La_{1.8-x}Eu_{0.2}Sr_{x}CuO_4 system. Below a temperature T_q ~ 80K,
the local electric field gradient (EFG) and the absolute intensity of the NMR
signal of the planar O site exhibit a dramatic decrease. We interpret these
results as microscopic evidence for a spatially inhomogeneous charge
distribution, where the NMR signal from O sites in the domain walls of the spin
density modulation are wiped out due to large hyperfine fields, and the
remaining signal arises from the intervening Mott insulating regions.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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