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Difference between the cleaved surface and the polished surface on the Raman spectra of La2-xSrxCuO4

2000/10/12 by S. Sugai, Sugai, S., Y. Takayanagi +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0010174

9 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2000/10/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The Raman spectra on the cleaved surface of La2-xSrxCuO4 is found to be different from those on the mechanically polished or chemically etched surface. On the cleaved surface, the step-like increase of the scattering intensity below 700 cm-1 is washed away and the two-phonon peaks are preserved clearly even at the optimum doping. The difference is demonstrated on the optimally doped crystal at x=0.15 and the stripe phase crystal at x=0.115. The stripe phase is stabilized by defects induced by mechanical polishing.

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