ANOMALOUS OXYGEN ISOTOPE EFFECT IN LA2-XSRXCUO4

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作者
CRAWFORD, MK [1 ]
KUNCHUR, MN [1 ]
FARNETH, WE [1 ]
MCCARRON, EM [1 ]
POON, SJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT PHYS,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22901
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1990年 / 41卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.41.282
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We report measurement of the oxygen isotope effect O in La2-xSrxCuO4 as a function of x. For values of x<0.15, O in the & is large (0.40.6) but decreases by about a factor of 5 for x0.15, where we obtain O 0.1, in good agreement with earlier results. The large values of O obtained for small x are reproducible when the O18,16O sample pairs are cross exchanged. The maximum measured values of O fall outside the range of standard Bardeen-Cooper- Schrieffer theory and may imply anharmonic phonon-mediated superconductivity. The variability of O may be related to a nearby lattice instability, similar to that observed in (La,Ba)2CuO4. Isotope frequency shifts of the far-infrared transverse-optic phonons of A2u symmetry at 240 and 500 cm-1 also display an anomaly between x=0.11 and 0.15 and, in addition, demonstrate O18 exchange for both oxygen sites. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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