Abstract
We have used polarized Cu K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure to investigate the local lattice displacements in the charge-ordered system. The temperature-dependent distance broadening, given by the Debye-Waller factors of the Cu-O bonds measuring local lattice fluctuations, shows a clear steplike increase below the charge stripe order temperature. The results construct a direct evidence for the local lattice fluctuations as a response function of the charge stripe ordering in the cuprate superconductors.
- Received 29 January 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.132510
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