Cu nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of impurities (Zn, Ni, and La)-doped spin-1/2 Heisenberg ladder compounds SrCu
2O
3 (Sr123) are broadened with Curie-like temperature (
T) dependence. The spectra have been successfully fit by using a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) staggered polarization (SP) model. Such a SP has also revealed in Cu NMR measurements of Sr
14–x
Ca
x
Cu
24O
41 (Ca
x) with hole-doped ladders. The origin of possible 3D antiferromagnetic (AF) long-range ordering in (Zn and Ni)-doped Sr123 and Ca
x around
x=12 at low
T is considered to be similar. Once unpaired spins
S
0''s are induced and 3D interlayer interaction occurs, the localized spins couple in the whole system.
Cu NMR/NQR - spin ladder - magnetic ordering