Superconductivity-induced anomalies in the spin excitation spectra of underdoped YBa2Cu3O6+x

Publication Year
1997

Type

Journal Article
Abstract
Polarized and unpolarized neutron scattering have been used to determine the effect of superconductivity on the magnetic excitation spectra of YBa2Cu3O6.5 (T-c = 52 K) and YBa2Cu3O6.7 (T-c = 67 K); Pronounced enhancements of the spectral weight centered around 25 and 33 meV, respectively; are observed below T-c in both crystals, compensated predominantly by a loss of spectral weight at higher energies. The data provide important clues to the origin of the 40 meV magnetic resonance peak in YBa2Cu3O7.
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Volume
78
Pages
713-716
Date Published
01/1997
Type of Article
Article
ISBN
0031-9007
Accession Number
WOS:A1997WV39100038