Low temperature Pmmm and C2/m phases in Sr2CuO3+δ high temperature superconductor*

Abstract

A new low temperature Pmmm (120 K) phase was found in high temperature superconductor Sr2CuO3+δ , which was indicated as a pure electronic phase by resonant x-ray diffraction at Cu K-edge. As shown by x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) at Cu K-edge, the strong charge density redistribution and local lattice fluctuations around Cu site at the onset of phase transition were due to the occurrence of superconductive coherence, the redistribution and fluctuation finished at T c. Finally, the electron–lattice interaction was mainly elaborated to understand the superconductivity of Sr2CuO3+δ .