Effect of a magnetic field on the long-range magnetic order in insulating Nd2CuO4 and nonsuperconducting and superconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4
M. Matsuura, Pengcheng Dai, H. J. Kang, J. W. Lynn, D. N. Argyriou, K. Prokes, Y. Onose, Y. Tokura
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.144503 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We have measured the effect of a c-axis-aligned magnetic field on the long-range magnetic order of insulating Nd2CuO4, as-grown nonsuperconducting and superconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4. On cooling from room temperature, Nd2CuO4 goes through a series of antiferromagnetic (AF) phase transitions with different noncollinear spin structures. In all phases of Nd2CuO4, we find that the applied c-axis field induces a canting of the AF order but does not alter the basic zero-field noncollinear spin structures. A similar behavior is also found in as-grown nonsuperconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4. These results contrast dramatically with those of superconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4, where the c-axis-aligned magnetic field induces a static, anomalously conducting, long-range ordered AF state. We confirm that the annealing process necessary to make superconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4 also induces epitaxial, three-dimensional long-range-ordered cubic (Nd,Ce)2O3 as a small impurity phase. In addition, the annealing process makes a series of quasi-two-dimensional superlattice reflections associated with lattice distortions of Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4 in the CuO2 plane. While the application of a magnetic field will induce a net moment in the impurity phase, we determine its magnitude and eliminate this as a possibility for the observed magnetic-field-induced effect in superconducting Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4. This is confirmed by measurements of the (1/2,1/2,3) peak, which is not lattice matched to the impurity phase.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 25 | Pressure not reported | onset |
| Nd2-xCexCuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 25 | Pressure not reported | unknown |
| La2-xSrxCuO4 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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