Structure of the Different Cu Sites in the Corrugated CuO2 Plane in High Tc Superconductors
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 32 (S2)
- https://doi.org/10.7567/jjaps.32s2.578
Abstract
By using x-ray absorption spectroscopy different configurations of the Cu site structure in the CuO2 plane of the Bi 2:2:1:2 high Tc superconductor are found. The different Cu sites are characterized by short 2.3 Å and long 2.45 Å Cu-O(apical) distances. The linear arrays of different Cu sites forming domains with a corrugated-iron-foil shape is proposed to be a key feature of superconducting domains in the CuO2 plane. The wavelength λ of the modulation is close to the superconducting coherence length ξ and kF·λ∼2π. The ordering of the distorted Cu sites is suggested to be evidence for ordering of polarons driven by the pseudo Jahn Teller electron lattice interaction.Keywords
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