NMR study of carrier distribution and superconductivity in multilayered high-Tc cuprates

H. Kotegawa; Y. Tokunaga; K. Ishida; G. Q. Zheng; Y. Kitaoka; K. Asayama; H. Kito; A. Iyo; H. Ihara; K. Tanaka; K. Tokiwa; T. Watanabe

doi:10.1016/S0022-3697(00)00122-0

NMR study of carrier distribution and superconductivity in multilayered high-T_c cuprates

H. Kotegawa, Y. Tokunaga, K. Ishida, G. Q. Zheng, Y. Kitaoka, K. Asayama, H. Kito, A. Iyo, H. Ihara, K. Tanaka, K. Tokiwa, T. Watanabe

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We report ⁶³Cu-Knight shift measurement on multilayered high-T_c cuprate oxides that include inequivalent outer (OP) and inner (IP) CuO₂ planes in a unit cell with number of planes n = 3-5. Using an experimental relation between the spin part of Knight shift (K_s) and the carrier concentration (N_h) reported in n = 1 and 2 cuprates, the local carrier concentrations N_h(OP) in the OP and N_h(IP) in the IP have been deduced. We have found that N_h(OP) is larger than N_h(IP) in all the systems. The difference in the doping level increases as total-carrier content δ and n increase. Imbalance between N_h(OP) and N_h(IP) is suggested to be caused by a mechanism that the electrostatic potential associated with the apical oxygen has more attraction for holes in the OP than in the IP. It is also suggested that T_c of Hg1223 (n = 3) is the highest (T_c = 133 K) to date, due to N_h(IP) optimized to N_h,optimum to approximately 0.2. From the fact that N_h(OP)>N_h,optimum, we propose that if N_h(OP) could also be optimized in addition to optimized N_h(IP), T_c might be raised higher than 133 K.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-175
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume	62
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3697(00)00122-0
Publication status	Published - Jan 2001

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NMR study of carrier distribution and superconductivity in multilayered high-T_c cuprates. / Kotegawa, H.; Tokunaga, Y.; Ishida, K.; Zheng, G. Q.; Kitaoka, Y.; Asayama, K.; Kito, H.; Iyo, A.; Ihara, H.; Tanaka, K.; Tokiwa, K.; Watanabe, T.

In: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 62, No. 1-2, 01.2001, p. 171-175.

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