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Metallic nonsuperconducting phase and d-wave superconductivity in Zn-substituted LaSrCuO

K. Karpinska, Marta Z. Cieplak, S. Guha, A. Malinowski, T. Skoskiewicz, W. Plesiewicz, M. Berkowski, B. Boyce, Thomas R. Lemberger, P. Lindenfeld

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9911149

Abstract

Measurements of the resistivity, magnetoresistance and penetration depth were made on films of LaSrCuO with up to 12 at.% of Zn substituted for the Cu. The results show that the quadratic temperature dependence of the inverse square of the penetration depth, indicative of d-wave superconductivity, is not affected by doping. The suppression of superconductivity leads to a metallic nonsuperconducting phase, as expected for a pairing mechanism related to spin fluctuations. The metal-insulator transition occurs in the vicinity of kFl~1, and appears to be disorder-driven, with the carrier concentration unaffected by doping.

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