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Evidence for an incommensurate magnetic resonance in La$_2-x$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$

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Phys. Rev. B, 69 (17): 174507 (May 2004)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.174507

Abstract

We study the effect of a magnetic field (applied along the c axis) on the low-energy, incommensurate magnetic fluctuations in superconducting La1.82Sr0.18CuO4. The incommensurate peaks at 9 meV, which in zero field were previously shown to sharpen in q on cooling below Tc T. E. Mason et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1604 (1996), are found to broaden in q when a field of 10 T is applied. The applied field also causes scattered intensity to shift into the spin gap. We point out that the response at 9 meV, though occurring at incommensurate wave vectors, is comparable to the commensurate magnetic resonance observed at higher energies in other cuprate superconductors.

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