Coexistence of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism in Multilayered High-$T_c$ Superconductor HgBa$_2$Ca$_4$Cu$_5$O$_y$: A Cu-NMR Study

TL;DR

This study reveals the coexistence of high-temperature superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in a multilayered cuprate, showing distinct magnetic and superconducting layers with evidence of proximity effects between them.

Contribution

It provides direct experimental evidence of coexistence and interaction between superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in a multilayered high-$T_c$ cuprate using Cu-NMR.

Findings

Superconductivity occurs in outer CuO$_2$ planes at 108 K.

Antiferromagnetic order appears in inner CuO$_2$ planes below 60 K.

AF spin polarization induces Cu moments in superconducting layers.

Abstract

We report a coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in five-layered compound HgBa$_2$Ca$_4$Cu$_5$O$_y$ (Hg-1245) with $T_c=108$ K, which is composed of two types of CuO$_2$ planes in a unit cell; three inner planes (IP's) and two outer planes (OP's). The Cu-NMR study has revealed that the optimallydoped OP undergoes a superconducting (SC) transition at $T_c=108$ K, whereas the three underdoped IP's do an antiferromagnetic (AF) transition below $T_N\sim$ 60 K with the Cu moments of $\sim (0.3-0.4)\mu_B$. Thus bulk superconductivity with a high value of $T_c=108$ K and a static AF ordering at $T_N=60$ K are realized in the alternating AF and SC layers. The AF-spin polarization at the IP is found to induce the Cu moments of $\sim0.02\mu_B$ at the SC OP, which is the AF proximity effect into the SC OP.