Quantum criticality in La$_{\mathrm{2-x}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{x}}$CuO$_{\mathrm{4\thinspace }}$cuprates probed with high magnetic fields.

ORAL

Abstract

We report magnetoresistance measurements at high magnetic fields, up to 80T, in thin-film La$_{\mathrm{2-x}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{x}}$CuO$_{\mathrm{4\thinspace }}$cuprates. At very high fields the resistivity is found to have a linear-in field behavior that mirrors the linear-in temperature behavior at high temperatures. We discuss the implications of linear-in-field magnetoresistance for energy scale competition near quantum critical point in high-temperature superconductors.

Authors

  • Arkady Shekhter

    NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA

  • Paula Giraldo Gallo

    NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA

  • Jose Augusto Galvis Echeverri

    NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA

  • Zachary Stegen

    NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA

  • Kimberly Modic

    NHMFL, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

  • Fedor F. Balakirev

    National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, NHMFL, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA, NHMFL/LANL

  • Jonathan Betts

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA., NHMFL, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

  • XiuJun Lian

    National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA., NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA

  • Camilla M. Moir

    NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA, NHMFL/FSU

  • Scott Riggs

    NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA

  • Xi He

    BNL, Upton, New York 1197, USA.

  • Jie Wu

    BNL, Upton, New York 1197, USA.

  • Anthony Bollinger

    BNL, Upton, New York 1197, USA.

  • Ivan Bozovic

    BNL, Upton, New York 1197, USA., Brookhaven National Laboratory and Applied Physics Department, Yale University

  • Brad Ramshaw

    NHMFL, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Pulsed Field Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Ross McDonald

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, NHMFL, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

  • Greg S. Boebinger

    National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA., NHMFL, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA, NHMFL