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Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3412–3415 (1996)

Determination of the Local Lattice Distortions in the CuO2 Plane of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4

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A. Bianconi, N. L. Saini, A. Lanzara, M. Missori, and T. Rossetti
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” P. A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy

H. Oyanagi, H. Yamaguchi, K. Oka, and T. Ito
Electrotechnical Laboratory, Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 Tsukuba, Japan

Received 8 June 1995; published in the issue dated 29 April 1996

The measurement of the Cu-O distances by a local and fast probe, polarized Cu K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) in La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 crystal shows two different conformations of the CuO6 octahedra below 100 K assigned to two types of stripes with different lattice. This experiment supports a model of “two components” spatially separated in a superlattice of quantum stripes for the anomalous properties of cuprate superconductors.

© 1996 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3412
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3412
PACS:
74.72.Dn, 61.10.Ht, 78.70.Dm