Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-08-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Scientific paper
The effect of Zn substitution in the CuO2 plane on the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, was studied for the La2-xSrxCu1-yZnyO4 and YBa2(Cu1-yZny)3O7-d compounds over a wide range of hole concentration, p, and Zn content (y). Zn induced rate of suppression of Tc, dTc(p)/dy, was found to be strongly p-dependent and showed a monotonic variation with p, except in the vicinity of p ~ 0.125, i.e., near the so-called 1/8th anomaly where the charge/spin stripe correlations are at their strongest in hole doped cuprates. The magnitude of dTc(p)/dy decreased significantly around this hole concentration implying that Zn suddenly became less effective in degrading Tc near the 1/8th anomaly for La2-xSrxCu1-yZnyO4. The same feature, somewhat at a reduced scale, was also observed for YBa2(Cu1-yZny)3O7-d compounds. This is counterintuitive since static stripe order itself degrades superconducting order. We have discussed the possible scenarios that can give rise to such a non-monotonic dTc(p)/dy near p ~ 0.125. We have also looked at the p-dependent characteristic pseudogap energy scale, {\epsilon}g(p), which shows a nearly linear decrease with increasing p without any noticeable feature at p ~ 0.125. Moreover, there is no significant effect of Zn content on the value of {\epsilon}g(p). All these observations are indicative of a complex and possibly competing interplay among the superconducting, pseudogap, and stripe correlations in the hole doped cuprates.
Islam R. S.
Naqib S. H.
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