Relevance of magnetism to cuprate superconductivity: Lanthanides versus charge-compensated cuprates

Abstract

We address what seemed to be a contradiction between the lanthanide series REBa${}_2$Cu${}_3$O${}_y$ (RE123) and the charge-compensated series (Ca${}_x$La${}_{1-x}$)(Ba${}_{1.75-x}$La${}_{0.25+x}$)Cu${}_3$O${}_y$ (CLBLCO) regarding the superexchange ($J$) dependence of the maximum superconductivity (SC) critical temperature $T_c^{max}(J)$; RE and $x$ are implicit variables. This is done by measuring the Néel temperature and the temperature dependence of the magnetic order parameter for RE=Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Yb, Y, and for Y(BaSr)Cu${}_3$O${}_y$, at various very light dopings. The doping is determined by thermopower, and the magnetic properties by muon spin rotation. We find that the normalized-temperature dependence of the order parameter is identical for all RE123 in the undoped limit (with the exception of Gd123) implying identical out-of-plane magnetic coupling. The extrapolation of $T_N$ to zero doping suggests that, despite the variations in ionic radii, $J$ varies too weakly in this system to test the relation between SC and magnetism. This stands in contrast to CLBLCO where both $T_c^{max}$ and $T_N^{max}$ vary considerably in the undoped limit, and a positive correlation between the two quantities was observed.

6 pages, 5 figures

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