Abstract
We studied the relaxation behavior of crystal-field transitions in the heavily overdoped high-temperature superconductor La1.71Sr 0.25HO0.04CuO4 (TC ≈ 10K) by neutron spectroscopic experiments. There is clear evidence for the opening of the pseudogap at T* = (46.5 ± 0.5) K and T* = (48.4 ± 1.4) K for the 16O and 18O compound, respectively. The fact that the pseudogap phenomenon extends far into the overdoped region supports the theoretical view of the existence of preformed pairs at T* > TC.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1018-1023 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | EPL |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 15 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |