Synthesis, crystal structure and inelastic neutron scattering in the infinite-layer compounds Sr1-xNdxCuO2

A. Podlesnyak, A. Mirmelstein, A. Voronin, B. Goshchitskii, T. D'yachkova, H. Kadyrova, V. Zubkov, Yu Zainulin, V. Kochetkov, E. Khlybov, R. Rosenkranz, A. Furrer

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Abstract

For the first time large samples of the nominal composition Sr1-xNdxCuO2 (x=0.07, 0.15) 10 g in mass each have been prepared using a high-pressure technique. Neutron-diffraction and X-ray measurements have shown that the main phase in the samples obtained is of the infinite-layer structure which has been refined in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. Both samples are not superconducting. Inelastic neutron scattering has been employed to search for crystalline-electric-field transitions in these compounds. The observed low-energy spectra exhibit one inelastic line of magnetic origin at 18 meV, comparable in energy with a crystalline-electric-field excitation in the high-Tc superconductor NdBa2Cu3Ox.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-317
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume230
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 10 1994
Externally publishedYes

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