Magnetotransport signatures of antiferromagnetism coexisting with charge order in the trilayer cuprate HgBa<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8+δ</sub>.

Oliviero, V; Benhabib, S; Gilmutdinov, I; Vignolle, B; Drigo, L; Massoudzadegan, M; Leroux, M; Rikken, G L J A et al. · Nat Commun · 2022

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Multilayered cuprates possess not only the highest superconducting temperature transition but also offer a unique platform to study disorder-free CuO<sub>2</sub> planes and the interplay between competing orders with superconductivity. Here, we study the underdoped trilayer cuprate HgBa<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8+δ</sub> and we report quantum oscillation and Hall effect measurements in magnetic field up to 88 T. A careful analysis of the complex spectra of quantum oscillations strongly supports the coexistence of an antiferromagnetic order in the inner plane and a charge order in the outer planes. The presence of an ordered antiferromagnetic metallic state that extends deep in the superconducting phase is a key ingredient that supports magnetically mediated pairing interaction in cuprates.