INTERPLAY BETWEEN LATTICE SOFTENING AND HIGH-T(C) SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN LA1.86SR0.14CUO4

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NOHARA, M [1 ]
SUZUKI, T [1 ]
MAENO, Y [1 ]
FUJITA, T [1 ]
TANAKA, I [1 ]
KOJIMA, H [1 ]
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[1] YAMANASHI UNIV,INST INORGAN SYNTH,KOFU,YAMANASHI 400,JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3447
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O4 [物理学];
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High-resolution ultrasonic measurements have been performed on single-crystalline La1.86Sr0.14CuO4 in magnetic fields H up to 14 T. We found that by reducing temperature the transverse elastic constant (C-11 - C-12)/2 starts to soften from about 50 K and continues to soften down to T(c)(H), even when T(c)(H) is reduced to 14 K by magnetic field. The softening turns to rapid hardening by the emergence of superconductivity. This behavior of (C-11 - C-12)/2 is a consequence of the structural instability of the orthorhombic phase and disappearance of the instability caused by emergence of the superconducting state.
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