Magnetic-field-induced spin excitations and renormalized spin gap of the underdoped superconductor La${}_{1.895}$Sr${}_{0.105}$CuO${}_4$

Abstract

High-resolution neutron inelastic scattering experiments in applied magnetic fields have been performed on La${}_{1.895}$Sr${}_{0.105}$CuO${}_4$ (LSCO). In zero field, the temperature dependence of the low-energy peak intensity at the incommensurate momentum-transfer ${\mathbf{Q}}_{\mathrm{IC}}^{}=(0.5,0.5\pm \delta ,0),(0.5\pm \delta ,0.5,0)$ exhibits an anomaly at the superconducting $T^{\}_{c}$ which broadens and shifts to lower temperature upon the application of a magnetic field along the c-axis. A field-induced enhancement of the spectral weight is observed, but only at finite energy transfers and in an intermediate temperature range. These observations establish the opening of a strongly downward renormalized spin gap in the underdoped regime of LSCO. This behavior contrasts with the observed doping dependence of most electronic energy features.

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