Successive Magnetic Phase Transitions in Nd<sub>2</sub>CuO<sub>4</sub>

Jun Akimitsu, Hiroshi Sawa, Hideo Fujiki, Yasusada Yamada

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 1989 · 57 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

A neutron scattering study on Nd 2 CuO 4 , a mother material of the electron-doped superconductor (Nd 1- x Ce x )CuO 4- y , was carried out. Reentrant magnetic phase transitions associated with spin reorientation of antiferromagnetic ordering were observed. La 2 NiO 4 -type order was stabilized in the range 80 K\({\lesssim}T{\lesssim}\)250 K and at \(T{\lesssim}40\) K. Between 40 K\({\lesssim}T{\lesssim}\)80 K, La 2 CuO 4 -type order was realized. Diffuse scattering due to the two-dimensional spin fluctuation was also observed at around T ≃250 K.

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