Microscopic Magnetism of Nickel-Based Infinite-Layer Superconducting Parent Compounds $R$NiO$_{2}$ <cblk>($R$ = La,</cblk> Nd): A μSR Study

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/41/9/097502

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2024, Vol. 41

Issue (9): 097502 DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/41/9/097502

CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES

Microscopic Magnetism of Nickel-Based Infinite-Layer Superconducting Parent Compounds $R$NiO$_{2}$ ($R$ = La, Nd): A μSR Study

Qiong Wu¹, Ying Fu², Le Wang³, Xuefeng Zhou², Shanmin Wang², Zihao Zhu¹, Kaiwen Chen¹, Chengyu Jiang¹, Toni Shiroka^4,5, Adrian D. Hillier⁶, Jia-Wei Mei^2*, and Lei Shu^1,7*

¹State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
²Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
³Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, and Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
⁴Laboratory for Muon-Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
⁵Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
⁶ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
⁷Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China

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Qiong Wu, Ying Fu, Le Wang et al 2024 Chin. Phys. Lett. 41 097502

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Abstract By using muon spin relaxation (µSR) measurements, we perform a comparative study of the microscopic magnetism in the parent compounds of infinite-layer nickelate superconductors $R$NiO$_{2}$ ($R$ = La, Nd). In either compound, the zero-field µSR spectra down to the lowest measured temperature reveal no long-range magnetic order. In LaNiO$_{2}$, short-range spin correlations appear below $T=150$ K, and spins fully freeze below $T \sim 10$ K. NdNiO$_{2}$ exhibits a more complex spin dynamics driven by the Nd $4f$ and Ni $3d$ electron spin fluctuations. Further, it shows features suggesting the proximity to a spin-glass state occurring below $T=5$ K. In both compounds, the spin behavior with temperature is further confirmed by longitudinal-field µSR measurements. These results provide new insight into the magnetism of the parent compounds of the superconducting nickelates, crucial to understanding the microscopic origin of their superconductivity.

Received: 11 June 2024 Editors' Suggestion Published: 11 September 2024

PACS:	75.50.Lk	(Spin glasses and other random magnets)
	75.40.Gb	(Dynamic properties?)
	76.75.+i	(Muon spin rotation and relaxation)
	74.72.Cj	(Insulating parent compounds)

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