We present the effect of uniaxial stress on the magnetic stripes in the cuprate system ${\mathrm{La}}_{2-x}{\mathrm{Ba}}_x{\mathrm{CuO}}_4$ with $x=0.115$, previously found to have a stress-induced enhancement in the superconducting transition temperature. By means of neutron scattering, we confirm that the static stripes are suppressed by stress, pointing towards a trade-off between superconductivity and static magnetism, in direct agreement with previously reported muon spin rotation measurements. Additionally, we show that some of the reduced weight in the elastic channel appears to have moved to the inelastic channel, while we can exclude the opening of a spin gap down to an energy of 1 meV. Moreover, a stress-induced momentum shift of the fluctuations towards the typical 1/8 value of commensurability is observed, while no change in periodicity is seen in the static stripe signal. These results impose a strong constraint on the theoretical interpretation of stress-enhanced superconductivity in cuprate systems.

• Received 3 March 2022
• Revised 19 January 2023
• Accepted 16 March 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.144506

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