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Correlation length in cuprates deduced from the impurity-induced magnetization

S. Ouazi, J. Bobroff, H. Alloul, W. A. MacFarlane

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0307728

Abstract

We report a new multi-nuclei based NMR method which allows us to image the staggered polarization induced by nonmagnetic Li impurities in underdoped O6.6 and slightly overdoped O7 YBa2Cu3O6+y above TC. The spatial extension of the polarization xiimp approximately follows a Curie law, increasing up to six lattice constants at T=80K at O6.6 in the pseudogap regime. Near optimal doping, the staggered magnetization has the same shape, with xiimp reduced by a factor 2. xiimp is argued to reveal the intrinsic magnetic correlation length of the pure system. It is found to display a smooth evolution through the pseudogap regime.

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