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Structural and Magnetic Instabilities of La2-xSrxCaCu2O6

C. Ulrich, S. Kondo, M. Reehuis, H. He, C. Bernhard, C. Niedermayer, F. Bouree, P. Bourges, M. Ohl, H. M. Ronnow, H. Takagi, B. Keimer

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0201253

Abstract

A neutron scattering study of nonsuperconducting La2-xSrxCaCu2O6 (x=0 and 0.2), a bilayer copper oxide without CuO chains, has revealed an unexpected tetragonal-to-orthorhombic transition with a doping dependent transition temperature. The predominant structural modification below the transition is an in-plane shift of the apical oxygen. In the doped sample, the orthorhombic superstructure is strongly disordered, and a glassy state involving both magnetic and structural degrees of freedom develops at low temperature. The spin correlations are commensurate.

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