TY - CPAPER KW - Raman KW - Spectroscopy KW - Bismuth compounds KW - High temperature superconductors KW - Ceramic materials KW - Oxide superconductors KW - Microscopic Examination - Transmission Electron Microscopy KW - Bismuth Lead Strontium Calcium Copper Oxides KW - Bismuth Strontium Calcium Thullium Copper Oxides AU - L.A Farrow AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - J.-M Tarascon AU - S.M Green AU - Griffiths Fran AB - Raman spectra of Bi4Sr4Ca2-xTmxCu4O16+y and Bi2-xPbxSr2 Ca2Cu3Oy are presented as a function of increasing x. For Bi4Sr4Ca2-xTmxCu4O16+y, the period of superstructure modulation decreases somewhat and oxygen content in the Bi-O planes increases as x increases; for Bi2-xPbxSr2Ca2Cu3Oy, more lead (increasing x) has the opposite effect of increasing the modulation period and decreasing the oxygen content of the Bi-O layers. More modes are seen in these spectra than are predicted from an analysis based on the space group of the undistorted cell; these extra modes are discussed in terms of group theory predictions of a commensurate supercell with dimensions 4 or 5 times the basic lattice spacing. Extra oxygen in Bi4Sr4Ca2-xTmxCu4O16+y causes the high frequency mode, associated with vibration of oxygen in the Bi-O layers, gradually to broaden and then split. At higher lead additions to Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy, spectra are consistent with formation of a new phase due to limits on lead solubility; the low frequency modes all but disappear while the high frequency mode is strongly shifted down. Other details of the spectra confirm the necessity of considering the superstructure as well as the symmetry of the undistorted unit cell. BT - Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering LA - eng N1 - cited By 0 N2 - Raman spectra of Bi4Sr4Ca2-xTmxCu4O16+y and Bi2-xPbxSr2 Ca2Cu3Oy are presented as a function of increasing x. For Bi4Sr4Ca2-xTmxCu4O16+y, the period of superstructure modulation decreases somewhat and oxygen content in the Bi-O planes increases as x increases; for Bi2-xPbxSr2Ca2Cu3Oy, more lead (increasing x) has the opposite effect of increasing the modulation period and decreasing the oxygen content of the Bi-O layers. More modes are seen in these spectra than are predicted from an analysis based on the space group of the undistorted cell; these extra modes are discussed in terms of group theory predictions of a commensurate supercell with dimensions 4 or 5 times the basic lattice spacing. Extra oxygen in Bi4Sr4Ca2-xTmxCu4O16+y causes the high frequency mode, associated with vibration of oxygen in the Bi-O layers, gradually to broaden and then split. At higher lead additions to Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy, spectra are consistent with formation of a new phase due to limits on lead solubility; the low frequency modes all but disappear while the high frequency mode is strongly shifted down. Other details of the spectra confirm the necessity of considering the superstructure as well as the symmetry of the undistorted unit cell. PB - Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, WA, United States PY - 1990 SP - 118 EP - 122 T2 - Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering T3 - SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering TI - Raman spectra of bismuth cuprate high-Tc superconductors doped with thulium and lead VL - 1336 SN - 0277786X ER -