Effect of pressure on magneto-transport properties in the superconducting and normal phases of the metallic double chain compound Pr$_{2}$Ba$_{4}$Cu$_{7}$O$_{15-\delta }$

TL;DR

This study investigates how external pressure influences magneto-transport properties in Pr$_{2}$Ba$_{4}$Cu$_{7}$O$_{15- ext{delta}}$, revealing pressure-dependent changes in magnetoresistance linked to electronic phase behavior in superconducting and normal states.

Contribution

It provides new insights into pressure effects on magneto-transport in Pr-based cuprates, supported by experimental data and theoretical modeling of Fermi surface warping.

Findings

Negative pressure dependence of superconductivity aligns with Tomonaga-Luttinger Liquid theory.

Pressure induces reappearance of magnetoresistance in superconducting samples.

Magnetoresistance follows a $H^{3/2}$ power law in both phases.

Abstract

To examine the electronic phase diagram of superconducting CuO double chains, we report the effect of external pressure on the magneto-transport properties in superconducting and non-superconducting polycrystalline samples of Pr$_{2}$Ba$_{4}$Cu$_{7}$O$_{15-\delta }$ at low temperatures (1.8-40 K) under various magnetic fields (up to 14 T). In the as-sintered non-superconducting sample, the magneto-resistance (MR) follows a power law of $H^{3/2}$ at low temperatures, which is in no agreement with the $H^{2}$ dependence of MR in the PrBa$_{2}$Cu$_{4}$O$_{8}$ system. The negative pressure dependence of the superconducting phase is qualitatively consistent with a theoretical prediction on the basis of the Tomonaga-Luttinger Liquid theory. The 48-h-reduced superconducting sample at ambient pressure exhibits no clear increase in MR for $T > T_{c,on}=26.5$ K. In contrast, with the application of pressure to the superconducting sample, the MR effects reappear and are also well fitted by $H^{3/2}$. The model of slightly warped Fermi surfaces explains not only the MR effect of the non-superconducting sample, but is also related to the reasons for the pressure-induced MR phenomena of the superconducting sample.