Absence of magnetic field effect on static magnetic order in electron-doped superconductor Nd_{1.86}Ce_{0.14}CuO_4

TL;DR

This study used neutron scattering to investigate the effect of magnetic fields on magnetic order in an electron-doped superconductor, finding no field dependence up to 10 T, contrasting with hole-doped cuprates.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the magnetic field response of magnetic order in electron-doped cuprates, showing no enhancement under magnetic fields unlike hole-doped counterparts.

Findings

Magnetic Bragg intensity shows no field dependence up to 10 T.

Magnetic order coexists with superconductivity without field enhancement.

Results differ from behavior observed in hole-doped cuprates.

Abstract

Neutron-scattering experiments were performed to study the magnetic field effect on the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Nd_{1.86}Ce_{0.14}CuO_4, which shows the coexistence of magnetic order and superconductivity. The (1/2 3/2 0) magnetic Bragg intensity, which mainly originates from the order of both the Cu and Nd moments at low temperatures, shows no magnetic field dependence when the field is applied perpendicular to the CuO_{2} plane up to 10 T above the upper critical field. This result is significantly different from that reported for the hole-doped cuprate superconductors, in which the quasi-static magnetic order is noticeably enhanced under a magnetic field.