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Dynamics of the Local Moment Induced by Nonmagnetic Defects in Cuprates

W. A. MacFarlane, J. Bobroff, H. Alloul, P. Mendels, N. Blanchard, G. Collin, J. -F. Marucco

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9912165

Abstract

We present a study of the spin dynamics of magnetic defects induced by Li substitution of the plane Cu in the normal state of YBa2Cu3O6+x. The fluctuations of the coupled Cu magnetic moments in the vicinity of Li are probed by near-neighbour 89Y and 7Li NMR spin lattice relaxation. The data indicates that the magnetic perturbation fluctuates as a single entity with a correlation time τ which scales with the local static susceptibility. This behaviour is reminiscent of the low T Kondo state of magnetic impurities in conventional metals. Surprisingly it extends well above the ``Kondo'' temperature for the underdoped pseudogapped case.

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