Tuning competing orders in La2-xSrxCuO4 cuprate superconductors by the application of an external magnetic field
arXiv:0712.2181 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.104525
Abstract
We report the results of a combined muon spin rotation and neutron scattering study on La2-xSrxCuO4 in the vicinity of the so-called 1/8-anomaly. Application of a magnetic field drives the system towards a magnetically ordered spin-density-wave state, which is fully developed at 1/8 doping. The results are discussed in terms of competition between antiferromagnetic and superconducting order parameters.
4 pages, 4 figures