Direct Observation of a One Dimensional Static Spin Modulation in Insulating La1.95Sr0.05CuO4

Details Direct Observation of a One Dimensional Static Spin Modulation in Insulating La1.95Sr0.05CuO4 Direct Observation of a One Dimensional Static Spin Modulation in Insulating La1.95Sr0.05CuO4

1999-08-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9908115v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.61.3699

We report the results of an extensive elastic neutron scattering study of the incommensurate (IC) static spin correlations in La1.95Sr0.05CuO4 which is an insulating spin glass at low temperatures. The present neutron scattering experiments on the same x=0.05 crystal employ a narrower instrumental Q-resolution and thereby have revealed that the crystal has only two orthorhombic twins at low temperatures with relative populations of 2:1. We find that, in a single twin, only two satellites are observed at (1, +/-0.064, L)(ortho) and (0, 1+/-0.064, L)(ortho), that is, the modulation vector is only along the orthorhombic b*-axis. This demonstrates unambiguously that La1.95Sr0.05CuO4 has a one-dimensional static diagonal spin modulation at low temperatures, consistent with certain stripe models. We have also reexamined the x=0.04 crystal that previously was reported to show a single commensurate peak. By mounting the sample in the (H, K, 0) zone, we have discovered that the x=0.04 sample in fact has the same IC structure as the $x=0.05$ sample. The incommensurability parameter d for x=0.04 and 0.05, where d is the distance from (1/2, 1/2) in tetragonal reciprocal lattice units, follows the linear relation d=x. These results demonstrate that the insulator to superconductor transition in the under doped regime (0.05

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