Evidence for Antiferromagnetic Order in La$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ from Angular Magnetoresistance Measurements

We investigated the in-plane angular magnetoresistivity (AMR) of $$-phase La$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ (LCCO) thin films ($$) fabricated by a pulsed laser deposition technique. The in-plane AMR with $\mathbf{H}\parallel ab$ shows a twofold symmetry instead of the fourfold behavior found in other electron-doped cuprates such as Pr$$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ and Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$. The twofold AMR disappears above a certain temperature, $T_{D}$. The $T_{D}(x)$ is well above $T_{c}(x)$ for $x=0.06$ ($\sim 110$ K), and decreases with increasing doping, until it is no longer observed above $T_{c}(x)$ at $x=0.15$. This twofold AMR below $T_{D}(x)$ is suggested to originate from an antiferromagnetic or spin density wave order.

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