The magnetic properties of the cuprate superconductors

The author reports on a study of the magnetic properties of the cuprate superconductors in both the normal and superconducting states. The magnetic properties are studied by making comparison to the results of nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. The author gives a simplification of the method used to calculate the nuclear magnetic resonance spin-echo decay time for these materials. Experiments on the Y Ba2Gu301, Y Ba2Gu306.6J, Y Ba2Gu40s, Yt-xPrxBa2Cu301, and La1.ssSro.1sCu04 materials are analyzed. The compatibility of an electron spin susceptibility that has correlations incommensurate with the lattice as measured in neutron scattering experiments is found to be in conflict with the measured nuclear magnetic relaxation rates. The author reports on calculations of the electron spin susceptibility for the superconducting state of Y Ba2Cu30 7 using a band structure with nearest and next nearest neighbor hopping, a momentum dependent spin-spin interaction and a superconducting gap with dx'2-y2 symmetry. The calculated nuclear magnetic relaxation rates and Knight shift agree favorably with experiment. This work provides further evidence for a dx2_112 pairing state and demonstrates that antiferromagnetic correlations persist in the superconducting state.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Thelen, Dean Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pines, David

• antiferromagnetic correlations
• Superconductivity
• cuprate superconductors
• magnetic properties
• nuclear magnetic resonance
• spin-echo decay
• neutron scattering

Statement dc:rights

• 1994 Dean Michael Thelen

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

3645426

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/18875