Uniform mixing of antiferromagnetism and high-temperature superconductivity in electron-doped layers of four-layered Ba(2)Ca(3)Cu(4)O(8)F(2): a new phenomenon in an electron underdoped regime.
We report (63,65)Cu- and (19)F-NMR studies on a four-layered high-temperature superconductor Ba(2)Ca(3)Cu(4)O(8)F(2)((0234F(2.0)) with apical fluorine (F(-1)), an undoped 55 K superconductor with a nominal Cu(2+) valence on average. We reveal that this compound exhibits the antiferromagnetism (AFM) with a Néel temperature T(N)=100 K despite being a T(c)=55 K superconductor. Through a comparison with a related trilayered cuprate Ba(2)Ca(3)Cu(4)O(8)F(2)(0233F(2.0)), it is demonstrated that electrons are transferred from the inner plane (IP) to the outer plane (OP) in 0234F(2.0) and 0223F(2.0), confirming the self-doped high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) having electron and hole doping in a single compound. Remarkably, uniform mixing of AFM and HTSC takes place in both the electron-doped OPs and the hole-doped IPs in 0234F(2.0).
Shimizu
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Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan. shimizu@nmr.mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp
Mukuda
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Kitaoka
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Y
Iyo
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A
Tanaka
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Y
Kodama
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Y
Tokiwa
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K
Watanabe
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