A close look at antiferromagnetic phase boundary in multidimensional phase diagram of electron-doped copper oxide

ORAL

Abstract

In copper-oxide superconductors, spin fluctuations play a predominant role in electron pairing with electron dopants yet composite orders veil the nature of superconductivity for hole-doped family. However, in electron-doped ones the ending point of AFM is still in controversy for different probes or its sensitivity to oxygen content. Here, by carefully tuning the oxygen content, a systematic study of Hall signal and magnetoresistivity up to 58 Tesla on optimally doped La$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4\pm \delta }$ (x $=$ 0.10) thin films identifies two characteristic temperatures at 62.5 K (error is 7.5 K) and 25 K (error is 5 K). The former is quite robust whereas the latter becomes flexible with increasing magnetic field, thereby linked to two- and three-dimensional AFM, evident from the multidimensional phase diagram as a function of oxygen as well as Ce dopants. Consequently, the observation of extended AFM phase in contrast to $\mu $SR probe corroborates an elevated critical doping in field, providing an unambiguous picture to understand the interactions between AFM and superconductivity.

Authors

  • Heshan Yu

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS)

  • Ge He

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS)

  • Ziquan Lin

    Huazhong University of Science & Technology

  • Jie Yuan

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS)

  • Beiyi Zhu

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS), Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Yi-feng Yang

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS)

  • Tao Xiang

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS)

  • Feo.V. Kusmartsev

    Department of Physics, Loughborough University

  • Liang Li

    Huazhong University of Science & Technology

  • Junfeng Wang

    Huazhong University of Science & Technology

  • Kui Jin

    Chinese Academy of Sci (CAS)