Magnetic Phase Diagram of the Hole-doped Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_{x}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$ Cuprate Superconductor

TL;DR

This study maps the magnetic phases of a hole-doped cuprate superconductor, revealing a spin glass-like phase between antiferromagnetic and superconducting states, aligning with known high-b4 cuprate behaviors.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed magnetic phase diagram of Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_{x}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$, highlighting the persistence of antiferromagnetic order and the presence of a spin glass-like phase.

Findings

Identification of a quasi-static spin glass-like phase for 0.05  x  0.12

Long-range antiferromagnetic order for x  0.02

Superconducting phase for x  0.15

Abstract

We report on the magnetic phase diagram of a hole-doped cuprate Ca$_{2-x}$Na$_{x}$CuO$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$, which is free from buckling of CuO$_2$ planes, determined by muon spin rotation and relaxation. It is characterized by a quasi-static spin glass-like phase over a range of sodium concentration ($0.05\leq x\leq 0.12$), which is held between long range antiferromagnetic (AF) phase ($x\leq 0.02$) and superconducting phase where the system is non-magnetic for $x\geq 0.15$. The obtained phase diagram qualitatively agrees well with that commonly found for hole-doped high-\tc cuprates, strongly suggesting that the incomplete suppression of the AF order for $x>0.02$ is an essential feature of the hole-doped cuprates.