Here we use low-temperature and variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy to study the pnictide superconductor, BaSrNiAs. In the low-temperature phase (triclinic phase) of BaNiAs, we observe the unidirectional charge density wave (CDW) with = 1/3 on both the Ba and NiAs surfaces. On the NiAs surface of the triclinic BaNiAs, there are structural-modulation-induced chain-like superstructures with distinct periodicities. In the high-temperature phase (tetragonal phase) of BaNiAs, the NiAs surface appears as the periodic 1 × 2 superstructure. Interestingly, in the triclinic phase of BaSrNiAs, the unidirectional CDW is suppressed on both the Ba/Sr and NiAs surfaces, and the Sr substitution stabilizes the periodic 1 × 2 superstructure on the NiAs surface, which enhance the superconductivity in BaSrNiAs. Our results provide important microscopic insights for the interplay among the unidirectional CDW, structural modulation, and superconductivity in this class of pnictide superconductors.
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