Two distinct superconducting fluctuation diamagnetisms in Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+\delta}$
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Abstract
Superconducting fluctuations was studied through the angular dependent torque measurements on a series of Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ (BSLCO) single crystals. Two distinct superconducting fluctuation diamagnetism were observed: one is the superconducting thermal fluctuation, with a boundary close to the superconducting phase boundary; while another one, up to the temperature as high as about 180 K, showing maximum signal in the sample with hole carrier density $p=0.125$, could be due to preformed pairs. In addtion, we observed linearly temperature dependent paramagnetic torque signals in BSLCO samples, possibly a result of quantum criticality from a quantum critical point at the optimal doping.
*We acknowledge support from the MOST of China, Projects No. 2011CBA00107 and No. 2012CB921302 and NSFC, project No. 11104335.