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Effect of Nonmagnetic Impurities on the Magnetic Resonance Peak in YBa2Cu3O7

H. F. Fong, P. Bourges, Y. Sidis, L. P. Regnault, J. Bossy, A. Ivanov, D. L. Milius, I. A. Aksay, B. Keimer

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9812047

Abstract

The magnetic excitation spectrum of a YBa2 Cu3 O7 crystal containing 0.5% of nonmagnetic (Zn) impurities has been determined by inelastic neutron scattering. Whereas in the pure system a sharp resonance peak at E ~ 40 meV is observed exclusively below the superconducting transition temperature Tc, the magnetic response in the Zn-substituted system is broadened significantly and vanishes at a temperature much higher than Tc. The energy-integrated spectral weight observed near q = (pi,pi) increases with Zn substitution, and only about half of the spectral weight is removed at Tc.

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