Muon-spin-rotation measurements of the penetration depth of the infinite-layer electron-doped Sr0.9La0.1CuO2 cuprate superconductor

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Apr 1;94(12):127001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.127001. Epub 2005 Mar 30.

Abstract

Muon-spin-rotation (muSR) measurements of the in-plane penetration depth lambda(ab) have been performed in the infinite-layer electron-doped Sr0.9La0.1CuO2 high-T(c) superconductor (HTS). Absence of the magnetic rare-earth ions in this compound allowed us to measure for the first time the absolute value of lambda(ab)(0) in electron-doped HTSs using muSR. We found lambda(ab)(0)=116(2) nm. The zero-temperature depolarization rate sigma(0) proportional, variant 1/lambda(2)(ab)(0)=4.6(1) micros(-1) is more than 4 times higher than expected from the Uemura line. Therefore, this electron-doped HTS does not follow the Uemura relation found for hole-doped HTSs.