Superconductivity and spin fluctuations in the electron-doped infinitely-layered high Tc superconductor Sr0.9La0.1CuO2 (Tc=42 K)
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We report 63 Cu NMR studies on uniaxially aligned and unaligned powder samples of an electron-doped infinitely-layered high T c cuprate superconductor Sr 0.9 La 0.1 CuO 2 (T c = 42 K). We measured the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T 1 up to 800 K. We found from the temperature dependence of 1/T 1 T that the wave-vector-averaged spin susceptibility is highly enhanced by spin-fluctuations in the normal state, resulting in a Curie-Weiss behavior. Below T c , we did not observe a Hebel-Slichter coherence peak of 1/T 1 , suggesting an unconventional nature of,the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter. These results are quite similar to those observed for some hole-doped high T c cuprates.
Journal: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids