Antiferromagnetic phase transition in four-layered high-T_c superconductors Ba_2Ca_3Cu_4O_8(F_yO_{1-y})_2 with T_c=55-102 K: Cu- and F-NMR studies

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Antiferromagnetic phase transition in four-layered high- superconductors
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Ba Ca Cu O (F O ) with T = 55−102 K: 63Cu- and 19F-NMR studies
2 3 4 8 y 1−y 2 c
Sunao Shimizu1∗, Hidekazu Mukuda1, Yoshio Kitaoka1,
Hijiri Kito2, Yasuharu Kodama2, ParasharamM. Shirage2, and Akira Iyo2
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0 1Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
2 2National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan

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a We report on magnetic characteristics in four-layered high-T superconductors
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J Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2 with apical fluorine through 63Cu- and 19F-NMR measurements.
4 Thesubstitutionofoxygenforfluorineattheapicalsiteincreasesthecarrierdensity(N )and
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2 T from55Kupto102K.TheNMRmeasurementsrevealthatantiferromagneticorder,which
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can uniformly coexist with superconductivity, exists up to Nh ≃ 0.15, which is somewhat
n] smaller than Nh ≃ 0.17 being the quantum critical point (QCP) for five-layered compounds.
o The fact that the QCP for the four-layered compounds moves to a region of lower carrier
c density than for five-layered ones ensures that the decrease in the number of CuO2 layers
- makes an interlayer magnetic coupling weaker.
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u KEYWORDS: high-Tcsuperconductivity,copper-oxide,antiferromagnetism,NMR,phasediagram,apical-
s fluorine
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1. Introduction plingforanonsetofAFMorderisenhancedasanumber
d- Remarkably high superconducting transition tem- of CuO2 layers increases. In order to establish how the
n perature (T ) in the copper oxides hasbeen realizedina interlayermagneticcouplingaffectstheonsetofAFMor-
c
o multilayeredstructureofCuO2planes.Tcdependsonthe der, we deal with four-layered high-Tc superconductors
[c number of CuO2 layers (n) in multilayered compounds Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2 with apical fluorine. We note
withamaximumatn=3.1) Inparticular,thehighestT that all these compounds are in an underdoped state of
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1 was observed around 133 K in a Hg-based three-layered hole doping regime.
0v (n=3)copperoxideHgBa2Ca2Cu3Oy (Hg-1223).2)Cop- Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2 comprises a stack of four
1 peroxideswithmorethanthreelayerscompriseinequiva- CuO2 layers as illustrated in Fig.1(a). It is known as a
8 lenttypesofCuO2layers,anouterCuO2plane(OP)ina newfamilyofmultilayeredcopperoxideswithapicalflu-
3 five-foldpyramidalcoordination,andaninnerplane(IP) orine.10–12) Substitutionofoxygenforapicalfluorine,i.e.
1. inafour-foldsquarecoordination(seeFig.1asexample). adecreaseinnominalfluorinecontent(y)resultsindop-
0 Site-selective 63Cu-NMR studies have revealed that the ing holes into CuO2 layers, increasing Tc from 55 K at
9 local carrierdensity (N ) for the IP is smaller than that y = 1.0 to 102 K at y = 0.6 as indicated in Fig.1(b).11)
h
0 for the OP. These results in turn revealed an intimate This system provides an opportunity to investigate the
v: relationship between antiferromagntism (AFM) and su- characteristicsofCuO2layersoverawiderangeofcarrier
i perconductivity(SC)inherenttoCuO layersintowhich density,especiallyenablingustofocusontheinterplayof
X 2
mobile hole carriers were homogeneously doped.3–6) SCandAFMinanunderdopedregion.13–21)Wereported
ar The recent systematic Cu-NMR studies on five- in the literature22) that self-doping occurred at y = 1.0
layered (n = 5) compounds have unraveled that AFM to realize superconductivity. For a nominal content at
order, which can uniformly coexist with SC, is robust y = 1.0, if the apical site of OP were fully occupied by
up to N ≃ 0.17,a quantum critical point (QCP) where F−1,theformalCuvalencewouldbejust+2andhencea
h
the AFM order collapses.7) This result significantly dif- Mott insulator; however, it exhibits SC. The occurrence
fers from the well-established results for mono-layered ofthe SCaty =1.0wasarguedintermsofaself-doping
(n=1)La2−xSrxCuO4 (LSCO)8) andbi-layered(n=2) model wherein charge carriers were transferred between
YBa Cu O (YBCO),9) in which the AFM order col- IPandOP.22–24) Thesediscussions,however,werebased
2 3 6+x
lapses completely by doping extremely small amount of on a simple assumption that all the apical sites were
holes of N ∼ 0.02 and 0.055, respectively. These re- occupied by F−1. Since then, a bi-layered apical-F com-
h
sults strongly suggest that the QCP of n ≤ 4 moves to pound Ba2CaCu2O4F2 has also been synthesized; it ex-
a region of lower carrier density than that of n = 5. hibits SC withTc =73K.25) The self-doping mechanism
Therefore, it is likely that the interlayer magnetic cou- cannot apply to this compound because it has no IPs.
We, therefore, have conducted NMR studies on the bi-
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2. Experimental
Polycrystalline powder samples of all multilay-
ered systems used in this study were prepared by a
high-pressure synthesis technique, as described else-
where.10–12) Powder X-ray diffraction measurements in-
dicate that these compounds almost entirely comprise
a single phase, and that the a-axis length continually
changes with the nominal fluorine content y.11) The T
c
was uniquely determined by a sharp onset of diamag-
netism using a dc SQUID magnetometer as summarized
inTableI.ForNMRmeasurements,thepowdersamples
were aligned along the c-axis at an external field (H) of
∼ 16 T, and fixed using stycast 1266 epoxy. The NMR
experiments were performed by the conventional spin-
echo method in a temperature (T) range of 1.5 − 300 K
with H perpendicular or parallel to the c-axis.
3. Results and Discussions
3.1 Knight shift and local carrier density
Figure 2 indicates typical 63Cu-NMR spectra of the
central transition (1/2 ⇔ −1/2) for (a) y = 0.6, (b)
y = 0.7, (c) y = 0.8, and (d) y = 1.0. The field-swept
NMR spectra were measured at H perpendicular to the
Fig. 1. (color online) (a) Crystal structure of
c-axis.TheNMRspectralwidthsforthesamplesatroom
Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2. This four-layered system in-
cludes two crystallographically different CuO2 planes, namely, temperature areasnarrowasthat ofHg-1245,5,7) assur-
IP and OP. (b) Tc vs. fluorine content y.11) It shows that the ingthehighqualityofthesamples.TheCu-NMRspectra
substitutionofoxygenforfluorineresultsindopingholecarriers forOPandIPareseparatelydetectedaty =0.6,whereas
intoCuO2 layers theIP’sspectrafory =0.7and0.8disappearatlowtem-
peratures due to the development of AFM correlations
upon cooling as well as the case for the five-layered Hg-
layeredsystemtoconfirmthattheself-dopingmechanism orTl-basedcompounds.5,7) Surprisingly,theNMRspec-
didnotoccur,andthatallmultilayeredcompoundswith
trum of OP at y = 1.0 also disappears at low tempera-
the apical fluorine were doped by hole carriers irrespec-
tures, as shownin Fig.2(d), suggestingan onset of AFM
tive of y. For y =1.0, it was anticipated that a possible
order at the OP. The systematic variation of the NMR
replacementof O−2 for F−1 and/orexcessoxygenin the
spectraindicatesthatBa2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2 becomes
BaF layers resulted in doping hole carriers into CuO
2 underdoped as the nominal fluorine content y increases,
layers.26)
which ensures that the substitution of oxygen for the
In this paper, we report systematic 63Cu- and 19F-
apical fluorine increases N .
h
NMR studies on Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2 with y = 0.6,
0.7, 0.8 and 1.0 as each nominal content. Measurements
of 63Cu Knight shift (63K) have revealed that hole car-
rier density (Nh) increases progressivelywith decreasing Table I. Lists of Tc and Nh at the OP and IP of
y. The substitution of oxygen for fluorine at the apical Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y)2. Nh is estimated from the Ks(T) at
site increases N and T from 55 K up to 102 K. The roomtemperature(seetext).Nhisanaverageofthecarrierden-
h c sity, defined as (Nh(OP) + Nh(IP))/2. Note that y is nominal
measurements of 63Cu-NMR spectra and nuclear-spin- fluorinecontents.
lattice-relaxation rate of 19F-NMR (19(1/T1)) unravel y=0.6 y=0.7 y=0.8 y=1.0
that an AFM order, which can uniformly coexist with Tc 102K 91K 77K 55K
SC, exists up to N ≃ 0.15 being a QCP for the four- Nh [OP] +0.207 +0.189 +0.167 +0.148
layered compounds.hFrom the fact that the QCP of the NhN[hIP] ++00..118665 ++00..117500 ++00..115464 ∗∗((++00..113420))
four-layered compounds moves to a region of lower car-
rierdensitythanthatofthefive-layeredones,N ≃0.17,
h
it is ensured that the decrease in the number of CuO ∗)Nh=0.140aty=1.0isestimatedatNh(OP)=0.148onalinear
2
layers makes an interlayer magnetic coupling weaker. line in the plot of Nh(OP) vs Nh (see Fig.3). A linear extrap-
olation in the plot in Nh(IP) vs. Nh gives a tentative value of
Nh(IP)=0.132atNh=0.140,sinceitcannotbeestimateddirectly
fromtheKs(T)atIPaty=1(seeanopencircleinFig.3andthe
text).
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intheplotofN (IP)versusN givesatentativevalueof
h h
N (IP)=0.132 at N = 0.140. As summarized in Table
h h
I, the increase of N (OP) and N (IP) with increasing a
h h
nominal oxygen content at the apical site increases T
c
from 55 K to 102 K.
Fig. 3. (coloronline)PlotsofNh(OP)andNh(IP)againstaver-
aged carrier density Nh, defined as (Nh(OP)+Nh(IP))/2. Here
Nh(OP)andNh(IP)aredeterminedfromtheKnightshiftmea-
surement (see text). Nh = 0.140 at y=1.0 is estimated from
Fig. 2. (coloronline)63Cu-NMRspectraofthecentraltransition Nh(OP) = 0.148 on a linear line in the plot of Nh(OP) versus
(1/2 ⇔−1/2) for (a) y=0.6, (b) y=0.7, (c) y=0.8, and (d) Nh.AlinearextrapolationintheplotsinNh(IP)versusNhgives
y = 1.0. The temperature dependence of the Knight shift with atentative valueofNh(IP)=0.132atNh=0.140.
H perpendicular to the c-axis for (e) y = 0.6, (f) y = 0.7, (g)
y=0.8,and(h)y=1.0.
3.2 Zero-field NMR evidence of AFM order
In general, the Knight shift (K) comprises the T- WedealwiththeAFM ordertakingplaceinthe ud-
dependent spin part (Ks(T)) and the T-independent or- erdopedCuO2 layers.Theobservationofzero-fieldNMR
bitalpart(K );K =K (T)+K .Here,K wasde- (ZFNMR) spectra enables us to assure an onset of an
orb s orb orb
terminedas0.23(±0.02)%,assumingK ≈0 inthe T = AFM order,since magnetically ordered moments induce
s
0 limit. The T dependences ofKs(T) with H perpendic- internal magnetic field Hint at nuclear sites. Generally,
ular to the c-axis are displayed in Figs.2(e),(f),(g), and the Hamiltonian for Cu nuclear spin with I =3/2 is de-
(h)fory =0.6,0.7,0.8,and1.0,respectively.TheK (T) scribed by the Zeeman interaction due to magnetic field
s
decreases upon cooling down to Tc for all samples in as- H (HZ) and the nuclear-quadrupoleinteraction(HQ) as
sociationwithanopeningofpseudogap,27,28)whereasits follows:
steep decrease below T evidences the reduction of spin
c
susceptibility due to the formation of spin-singlet pair- e2qQ
ing. We note that the empirical relation between Ks(T) H=HZ+HQ =−γN~I·H+4I(2I−1)(3Iz2′−I(I+1)),
at room temperature and the Nh in a CuO2 plane29,30) (1)
allowsustoevaluateNhsatOPandIPforthefoursam- whereγN istheCunucleargyromagneticratio,eQisthe
ples, which are summarized in Table I along with the Tc nuclear quadrupole moment, and eq is the electric field
andtheaveragedcarrierdensityNh,definedas(Nh(OP) gradient (EFG) at the Cu nuclear site. Here, in the HQ,
+ Nh(IP))/2. Figure 3 indicates the plot of Nhs at IP an asymmetric parameter (η) is zero in the tetragonal
and OP against Nh. The Nh(IP) at y = 1.0, however, symmetry. Note that the nuclear quadrupole resonance
was not directly estimated from the Ks(T), because the (NQR) frequency νQ =3e2qQ/2hI(2I−1). The nuclear
Cu-NMR spectrum was not detected at room tempera- Hamiltonian given by eq.(1) is described with H in-
int
ture. Instead, Nh = 0.140 at y = 1.0 is estimated from stead of H for zero-field experiments.
Nh(OP)=0.148 on a linear line in the plot of Nh(OP) Figure 4(a) indicates the Cu-NQR spectrum at y =
versus Nh in Fig.3. Furthermore, a linear extrapolation 0.6.Respective63νQsareevaluatedas9.7and15MHzat
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smallerthanthosefortheintrinsicphase,whichsuggests
thattheseNQRspectraarisefromsomeimpurityphases
containingcoppersuchasstartingmaterialspreparedfor
the sample synthesis, and intermediate products in the
high-pressure synthesis.10,11,35)
Figure 4(b) indicates the Cu-NQR/ZFNMR spectra
at y =0.7. The NQR spectrum for OP is observed with
almostthe same63ν asthatofthe OPaty =0.6.Note
Q
that the respective NQR and ZFNMR spectra at IP(i)
and IP(ii) arise from IP. The NQR spectrum at IP(i) is
observed at 9.1 MHz that is close to 63ν = 9.7 MHz
Q
of the IP at y = 0.6, whereas the ZFNMR spectrum at
IP(ii) is observed at ∼ 18 MHz. Assuming 63ν = 9.1
Q
MHz, H ∼1.5 T is estimated for the IP(ii). The H
int int
atCuO planeisgenerallygivenbyH =|A |M =
2 int hf AFM
|A−4B|M , where A and B are the on-site hyper-
AFM
fine field and the supertransferred hyperfine field from
the four nearest neighboring Cu-AFM moments, respec-
tively, and M is the AFM moment.36) Here A∼ 3.7
AFM
T/µ , B(OP) ∼ 7.4 T/µ , and B(IP) ∼ 6.1 T/µ are
B B B
assumed to be the same as those for Hg-1245.5) Using
these values,a uniform AFM momentat the IP(ii)is es-
timated at M (IP) ∼ 0.08 µ for an AFM phase at
AFM B
y = 0.7. The fact that IP(i) and IP(ii) originate from
a paramagnetic phase and an AFM phase, respectively,
suggests that the phase separation takes place because
oftheclosenesstotheQCPatwhichtheAFMcollapses.
Thepresenceofthephaseseparationprobablyimplythat
the AFM critical point could be close to N ∼ 0.15.
Fig. 4. (color online) Cu-NQR/ZFNMR spectra at H = 0 and h
Figure 4(c) indicates the Cu-NQR/ZFNMR spectra
T =1.5 K. (a) The respective Cu-NQR spectra at IP and OP
for y =0.6with 63νQs = 9.7 and 15 MHz.Two sharppeaks at aty =0.8.Aspectrumobservedaround14.4MHzarises
20−25 MHz arise from unknown impurity phases. (b) The Cu- fromOPsince its peakfrequencyis almostthe samefre-
NQR/ZFNMR spectra at y = 0.7. The NQR spectrum for the quencyas63ν =15MHzfortheOPaty =0.6.Accord-
OP is observed with almost the same 63νQ as that of the OP ingly, anotherQspectrum around 28 MHz is assigned to
aty=0.6.TheNQRspectrum atIP(i)isobservedat 9.1MHz
that is close to 63νQ = 9.7 MHz of the IP at y = 0.6, whereas arisefromIP.Usingabove-mentionedparameters,Hint ∼
theZFNMRspectrumatIP(ii)probestheinternalfield Hint = 2.4TandMAFM(IP)∼0.12µB areestimatedforthe IP
2.4Tdue totheAFMorder.Thefact thatthe IP(i)andIP(ii) at y =0.8.
originatefromaparamagneticphaseandanAFMphase,respec- Figure 4(d) indicates the Cu-ZFNMR spectra ob-
tivelysuggests that thephaseseparation takes placebecause of
served around 30 and 45 MHz at H = 0 for y = 1.0.
the closeness to the QCP at which the AFM collapses. (c) The
When noting that ZFNMR spectra are absent around
Cu-NQR/ZFNMR spectra at y = 0.8. The NQR spectrum for
the OPisobserved atalmostthesamefrequencyasthat ofthe 63νQ(IP) = 8 ∼ 10 MHz and 63νQ(OP) = 14 ∼ 16
OP at y = 0.6, revealing that no spontaneous moment is in- MHz, the observation of the NMR spectra around 30
duced at low temperatures. The spectrum observed around 28 MHz and 45 MHz demonstrates that H s are present
MHzarisesfromthe IP withHint ∼ 2.4T andhence theAFM at the respective IP and OP with H ∼int3.8 T and 2.7
momentMAFM∼0.12µB.(d)TheCu-NMRspectraaty=1.0 int
with Hint ∼ 2.7 T and 3.8 T for the OP and IP, respectively. T. Since Nh(OP) > Nh(IP) due to the chargeimbalance
Here, MAFM = 0.11 µB and 0.18 µB are estimated for the OP betweenOPandIPandhenceMAFM(OP)<MAFM(IP),
andIP,respectively. M (OP) ∼ 0.11 and M (IP)∼0.18 µ are evalu-
AFM AFM B
atedattheOPandIP,respectively,usingtherelationof
H = |A |M = |A−4B|M . Notably, the OP,
int hf AFM AFM
the IP and OP, which are comparable to ∼ 8−10 MHz which is mainly responsible for the SC with T = 55 K,
c
and ∼ 16 MHz for five-layered systems.3–5) Here, the manifeststheAFMorder,leadingustoaconclusionthat
sharp 63Cu- and 65Cu-NQR spectral widths at 63ν = the uniform mixing of AFM with M = 0.11 µ and
Q AFM B
22.5 and 65ν = 20.8 MHz are as narrow as about 400 SC atT =55Koccursinthe OPaswellasinthethree
Q c
kHz. These NQR spectra qualitatively differ from those IPs of the five-layeredsystems.7)
reported for various copper oxides.31–34) Integrated in-
tensitiesoftheseNQRspectraareanorderofmagnitude
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in Fig.5. In the present case, the relaxation processes in
1/T compose of quasiparticle contributions probing the
1
onsetofSCandthemagneticoneprobingmagneticfluc-
tuations. However, we consider that the former is negli-
gible in the case of 1/T at the apical site; in fact, it has
1
been reported 1/T at the apical oxygen by 17O-NMR
1
did not change drastically at T 37) because of the very
c
smallhyperfine-couplingconstantwiththequasiparticles
in CuO layers. In this context, 19(1/T ) is expected to
2 1
be dominated by magnetic fluctuations.
Respective figures 5(b) and (c) show the T depen-
dences of 19(1/T )s at y = 0.7 and 0.8, exhibiting the
1
peaks at∼ 30K and50K.This resultensuresthe AFM
order at T = 30 and 50 K for the IP(ii) at y =0.7 and
N
the IP at y = 0.8 with the spontaneous AFM moment
of M (IP(ii)) ∼ 0.08 µ and M (IP) ∼ 0.12 µ ,
AFM B AFM B
respectively. Note that the absence of a peak in 1/T at
1
y = 0.6 evidences that this compound is in a param-
agnetic state down to 4.2 K. As shown in Fig.5(d) for
y = 1.0, there are a distinct peak in 1/T at T ∼ 80
1 N
∗
K and a significant one at T ∼ 30 K. The AFM order
N
inherent to the OP responsible for SC is presumably de-
∗
veloped below T ∼ 30 K, exhibiting the spontaneous
N
AFM momentofM (OP)∼0.11µ atlowtempera-
AFM B
tures.This suggeststhatthe SC uniformly coexists with
the AFM orderinasingle CuO planewith N ∼ 0.148.
2 h
Since N (IP) < N (OP) and M (IP) > M (OP),
h h AFM AFM
Fig. 5. (coloronline)Thetemperaturedependencesof19(1/T1)s the T at the IP becomes larger than at the OP. It is
N
for (a) y = 0.6, (b) y = 0.7, (c) y = 0.8, and (d) y = 1.0 ∗
noteworthythat T ∼ 30K for the OPat y=1.0is com-
at an NMR frequency 174.2 MHz and H parallel to the c-axis. N
parabletotheT ∼30KfortheIP(ii)aty =0.7because
For (a) y = 0.6, a reason that 1/T1 increases upon cooling is N
associatedwiththedevelopmentofmagneticcorrelationsatlow both layers possess almost the same Nh.
temperatures. For (b) y =0.7 and (c) y =0.8, 1/T1 exhibits a
peakatTN∼30KandTN∼50K,respectively.(d)Therearea 3.4 Phase diagram of AFM and SC
distinctpeakin1/T1atTN∼80KandasignificantoneatTN∗ ∼ Figure6revealsa phasediagramofAFMandSC as
30 K. The AFM order inherent to the OP responsible for SC
∗
is presumably developed below TN∗, exhibiting the spontaneous afunctionofNhwhereTcandTN(TN)areplottedagainst
AFMmomentofMAFM(OP)∼0.11µB atlowtemperatures. Nh fortheOPsandIPsofthefour-layeredsuperconduc-
tors Ba2Ca3Cu4O8(FyO1−y) at y=0.6, 0.7, 0.8, and 1.0.
We remark that the uniform mixing of AFM (T = 30
N
3.3 19F-NMR probe of N´eel temperature K) and SC (Tc = 55 K) was observed for the OP at y
N´eel temperatures (T s) at y = 0.7, 0.8 and 1.0 = 1.0, which strongly suggests that it is a general prop-
N
are determined by the 19F-T measurement, which sen- erty inherent to a single CuO2 plane in the underdoped
1
regime for hole-doping.It has been reportedin the liter-
sitively probes critical magnetic fluctuations developing
atures4,7) thatabulk T inmultilayeredcompoundswas
at OP and IP as the system approaches an AFM order. c
determined by the T of OP and that the T of IP was
Generally, 1/T is described as follow; c c
1
significantlylowerthanabulkT due to the lowerN at
c h
1 2γ2k T Im[χ(q,ω )]
T1 = (γNe~B)2 Xq |Aq|2 ω0 0 , (2) IlaPy.eIrnedthseysptheamseisdioabgtraaimneidnaFtigN.6h, t≃he0Q.1C5Psminaltlheer ftohuarn-
N ≃ 0.17 for the five-layered system,7) suggesting that
h
where A is the wave-vector (q)-dependent hyperfine-
q theinterlayermagneticcouplingofthefour-layeredcom-
coupling constant, χ(q,ω) is the dynamical spin suscep-
poundissmallerthanthatofthefive-layeredcompound.
tibility,andω istheNMRfrequency.TheT dependence
0 ThephasediagramsofAFMandSCinmultilayeredsys-
of1/T showsapeakatT becausethelow-energyspec-
1 N tems are remarkably different from the well-established
tral weight in χ(q = Q,ω) is strongly enhanced around ones for LSCO (n = 1)8) and YBCO (n = 2),9) where
ω ∼0 in associationwith a divergence of magnetic cor-
0 the AFM order totally collapses by doping very small
relation length at T ∼ T . Here Q is the AFM wave
N amountofholeswithN ∼0.02andN ∼0.055,respec-
vector(π/a,π/a).19(1/T )for allsamplesare presented h h
1 tively. The reason that the AFM phase exists up to N
h
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≃0.15and0.17inthefour-andfive-layeredcompounds, ies have highlighted the intimate evolution of AFM and
respectively,isbecausetheinterlayermagneticcouplings SC in the phase diagraminherent to the homogeneously
arestrongerthaninLSCOorYBCOduetotheexistence dopedCuO plane,whichdependsontheinterlayermag-
2
of the homogeneously underdoped IPs. netic coupling significantly.
Acknowledgments
TheauthorsaregratefultoM.Mori,T.Tohyama,H.
Eisaki and M. Ogata for their helpful discussions. This
workwassupportedbyaGrant-in-AidforSpeciallyPro-
moted Research (20001004)and in part by Global COE
Program (Core Research and Engineering of Advanced
MaterialsScience),fromtheMinistryofEducation,Cul-
ture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan.
One of the authors (S.S.) is financially supported as a
JSPS (the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
Research Fellow.
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