Electronic crossover in the normal state of YBa2Cu4O8

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作者
Suter, A [1 ]
Mali, M [1 ]
Roos, J [1 ]
Brinkmann, D [1 ]
Karpinski, J [1 ]
Kaldis, E [1 ]
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[1] ETH ZURICH,FESTKORPERPHYS LAB,CH-8093 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1997年 / 56卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.56.5542
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By performing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), respectively, with Cu, O, and Y isotopes in the normal state of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu4O8. we have found the following major results: (i) The Y, Cu, and O shift data support, for planes and chains, the validity of the ''single-spin fluid model.'' (ii) Around T-dagger = 180 K, ''anomalies'' in the temperature behavior of several NMR/NQR quantities have been detected. (iii) The anomalies do not arise from a structural phase transition; instead they reflect an electronic crossover which involves enhanced charge fluctuations in planes and chains accompanied by a charge (hole) transfer from chain to plane. (iv) As a possible mechanism of the crossover, a charge-density-wave instability is proposed.
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