I. Felner et al., REVERSIBLE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN ON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND WEAK FERROMAGNETISM IN EU1.4CE0.6MSR2CU2O10-DELTA (M=NB AND RU), Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 57(1), 1998, pp. 550-556
We have investigated the superconducting compounds Eu1.4Ce0.6MSr2Cu2O1
0-delta (M=Nb and Ru) (T-c=22 and 32 K, respectively), as well as thes
e materials charged with hydrogen, by several complementary experiment
al techniques. Eu1.4Ce0.6RuSr2Cu2O10-delta is magnetically ordered at
T-N=122 K, thus T-N much greater than T-c. Superconductivity (SC) is c
onfined to the CuO2 planes, and the magnetic ordering is due to the Ru
sublattice. Among many interesting features, irreversibility phenomen
a at low magnetic fields and a magnetic spin reorientation transition,
which are observed, originate from antisymmetric exchange coupling of
the Dzyaloshinsky-Moria type. The effect of hydrogen (0.35 at. %) is
to suppress SC in both compounds and to enhance the weak-ferromagnetic
properties of the Ru sublattice (T-N=225 K). In contrast to other hig
h-T-c materials, this effect is reversible: namely, by depletion of hy
drogen, SC is restored in both materials and for M=Ru, the T-N drops b
ack to 122 K.