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Pressure tuning of structure, superconductivity, and novel magnetic order in the Ce-underdoped electron-doped cuprate T′−Pr1.3−xLa0.7CexCuO4 (x=0.1)

Z. Guguchia, T. Adachi, Z. Shermadini, T. Ohgi, J. Chang, E. S. Bozin, F. von Rohr, A. M. dos Santos, J. J. Molaison, R. Boehler, Y. Koike, A. R. Wieteska, B. A. Frandsen, E. Morenzoni, A. Amato, S. J. L. Billinge, Y. J. Uemura, R. Khasanov

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094515 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

High-pressure neutron powder diffraction, muon-spin rotation, and magnetization studies of the structural, magnetic, and the superconducting properties of the Ce-underdoped superconducting (SC) electron-doped cuprate system with the Nd2CuO4 (the so-called T′) structure T′−Pr1.3−xLa0.7CexCuO4 with x=0.1 are reported. A strong reduction of the in-plane and out-of-plane lattice constants is observed under pressure. However, no indication of any pressure-induced phase transition from T′ to the K2NiF4 (the so-called T) structure is observed up to the maximum applied pressure of p = 11 GPa. Large and nonlinear increase of the short-range magnetic order temperature Tso in T′−Pr1.3−xLa0.7CexCuO4 (x=0.1) was observed under pressure. Simultaneous pressure causes a nonlinear decrease of the SC transition temperature Tc. All these experiments establish the short-range magnetic order as an intrinsic and competing phase in SC T′−Pr1.3−xLa0.7CexCuO4 (x=0.1). The observed pressure effects may be interpreted in terms of the improved nesting conditions through the reduction of the in-plane and out-of-plane lattice constants upon hydrostatic pressure.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Pr1.3-xLa0.7CexCuO4

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Pr1.3-xLa0.7CexCuO4

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