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Magnetization of underdoped YBa2Cu3 Oy above the irreversibility field

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Jing Yu
B. Ramshaw
I. Kokanović
K. Modic
N. Harrison
James Day
Ruixing Liang
W. Hardy
D. Bonn
A. McCollam
S. Julian
J. Cooper

Abstract

Torque magnetization measurements on YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO) at doping y=6.67 (p=0.12), in dc fields (B) up to 33 T and temperatures down to 4.5 K, show that weak diamagnetism persists above the extrapolated irreversibility field Hirr(T=0)≈24 T. The differential susceptibility dM/dB, however, is more rapidly suppressed for B16 T than expected from the properties of the low field superconducting state, and saturates at a low value for fields B24 T. In addition, torque measurements on a p=0.11 YBCO crystal in pulsed field up to 65 T and temperatures down to 8 K show similar behavior, with no additional features at higher fields. We offer two candidate scenarios to explain these observations: (a) superconductivity survives but is heavily suppressed at high field by competition with charge-density-wave (CDW) order; (b) static superconductivity disappears near 24 T and is followed by a region of fluctuating superconductivity, which causes dM/dB to saturate at high field. The diamagnetic signal observed above 50 T for the p=0.11 crystal at 40 K and below may be caused by changes in the normal state susceptibility rather than bulk or fluctuating superconductivity. There will be orbital (Landau) diamagnetism from electron pockets and possibly a reduction in spin susceptibility caused by the stronger three-dimensional ordered CDW. © 2015 American Physical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volume

92

Issue

18

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948469387&doi=10.1103%2fPhysRevB.92.180509&partnerID=40&md5=9e95d53f918903efe4bbfb24bae93eaf

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.92.180509

Group (Lab)

Brad Ramshaw Group

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