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Journal Article | PUBDB-2024-01719 |
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2024
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Woodbury, NY
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.109.174517 doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2024-01719
Abstract: We present a combined neutron diffraction and high-field muon spin rotation ($μ$SR) study of the magnetically ordered and superconducting phases of the high-temperature superconductor La$_{1.94}$Sr$_{0.06}$CuO$_{4+y}$ [T$_c$=37.5(2) K] in a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the CuO$_2$ planes. We observe a linear field-dependence of the intensity of the neutron diffraction peak that reflects the modulated antiferromagnetic stripe order. The magnetic volume fraction extracted from $μ$SR data likewise increases linearly with applied magnetic field. The combination of these two observations allows us to unambiguously conclude that stripe-ordered regions grow in an applied field, whereas the stripe-ordered magnetic moment itself is field-independent. This contrasts with earlier suggestions that the field-induced neutron diffraction intensity in La-based cuprates is due to an increase in the ordered moment. We discuss a microscopic picture that is capable of reconciling these conflicting viewpoints.
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