Two mechanisms of pseudogap formation in Bi-2201: Evidence from the c-axis magnetoresistance
Abstract
Measurements of the c-axis resistivity and magnetoresistance have been used to investigate the pseudogap (PG) behavior in Bi2+zSr2-x-zLaxCuOy (Bi-2201) crystals at various hole densities. While the PG opening temperature T* increases with decreasing hole doping, the magnetic-field sensitivity of the PG is found to have a very different trend: it appears at lower temperatures in more underdoped samples and vanishes in non-superconducting samples. These data suggest that besides the field-insensitive pseudogap emerging at T*, a distinct one is formed above Tc as a precursor to superconductivity.
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