Abstract
Temperature dependent X-ray absorption investigations were made on the Bi L 3 edge in BaPb 1− x Bi x O 3 with x = 0.0, 0.75 and 1.0. Essential local structure anomalies around Bi atoms were observed in BaBiO 3 and BaPb 0.25Bi 0.75O 3 at low temperatures. It is found that BiO, BiBa distances abnormally increase with the temperature decreasing from 90 K. These anomalies are accompanied by an abnormal behaviour of the Debye-Waller factor σ 2 of the BiO bonds at low temperatures in contrary to the Einstein model. The lengths and σ 2 of the PbO and PbBa bonds of BaPbO 3 show an ordinary increase with temperature. The anomalies are shown to be due to the rotation distortion asymmetry of the oxygen octahedra owing to the difference in the strength of BiO bonds. The experimental results are discussed in the frame of the dynamic fluctuation rotation mode.
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