Abstract
An elastic neutron-scattering study has been performed on several single crystals of for x near a lower critical concentration for superconductivity. In the insulating spin-glass phase and 0.053), the previously reported one-dimensional spin modulation along the orthorhombic b axis is confirmed. Just inside the superconducting phase however, two pairs of incommensurate magnetic peaks are additionally observed corresponding to the spin modulation parallel to the tetragonal axes. These two types of spin modulations with similar incommensurabilities coexist near the boundary. The peak width along the spin-modulation direction exhibits an anomalous maximum in the superconducting phase near where the incommensurability increases monotonically upon doping across the phase boundary. These results are discussed in connection with the doping-induced superconducting phase transition.
- Received 28 January 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.064505
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