Spin gap and magnetic coherence in a clean high-T_c superconductor

Details Spin gap and magnetic coherence in a clean high-T_c superconductor Spin gap and magnetic coherence in a clean high-T_c superconductor

1999-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9906456v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

RevTeX,13 pages, 4 postscript figures, to Appear in Nature, July 1, 1999

Scientific paper

10.1038/21840

A notable aspect of high-temperature superconductivity in the copper oxides is the unconventional nature of the underlying paired-electron state. A direct manifestation of the unconventional state is a pairing energy - that is, the energy required to remove one electron from the superconductor - that varies (between zero and a maximum value) as a function of momentum or wavevector: the pairing energy for conventional superconductors is wavevector-independent. The wavefunction describing the superconducting state will include not only the pairing of charges, but also of the spins of the paired charges. Each pair is usually in the form of a spin singlet, so there will also be a pairing energy associated with transforming the spin singlet into the higher energy spin triplet form without necessarily unbinding the charges. Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to determine the wavevector-dependence of spin pairing in La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4, the simplest high-temperature superconductor. We find that the spin pairing energy (or 'spin gap') is wavevector independent, even though superconductivity significantly alters the wavevector dependence of the spin fluctuations at higher energies.

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