Antiferromagnetism in the Vortex Cores of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$
Abstract
We report spatially resolved nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on a high temperature superconductor that indicate the presence of correlated antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the vortex core. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/^{17}T_1$, of planar $^{17}O$, in near-optimally doped YB$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ (YBCO), was measured. Outside of the core, $(^{17}T_1T)^{-1}$ is independent of temperature consistent with theoretical predictions for a {\it d}-wave superconductor. In the vortex core $(^{17}T_1T)^{-1}$ increases with decreasing temperature following an antiferromagnetic Curie-Weiss law.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- February 2002
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0202368
- Bibcode:
- 2002cond.mat..2368M
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Superconductivity;
- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication as a Rapid Communication in PRB