Disorder, Metal-Insulator crossover and Phase diagram in high-Tc cuprates

Details Disorder, Metal-Insulator crossover and Phase diagram in high-Tc cuprates Disorder, Metal-Insulator crossover and Phase diagram in high-Tc cuprates

2007-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/0710.3737v2

EPL 81, 37008 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

version 2 with minor changes

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/81/37008

We have studied the influence of disorder induced by electron irradiation on the normal state resistivities $\rho(T)$ of optimally and underdoped YBa2CuOx single crystals, using pulsed magnetic fields up to 60T to completely restore the normal state. We evidence that point defect disorder induces low T upturns of rho(T) which saturate in some cases at low T in large applied fields as would be expected for a Kondo-like magnetic response. Moreover the magnitude of the upturns is related to the residual resistivity, that is to the concentration of defects and/or their nanoscale morphology. These upturns are found quantitatively identical to those reported in lower Tc cuprates, which establishes the importance of disorder in these supposedly pure compounds. We therefore propose a realistic phase diagram of the cuprates, including disorder, in which the superconducting state might reach the antiferromagnetic phase in the clean limit.

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