Oxygen doped La2CuO4+y single crystals have been successively synthesi
zed and studied their structural, magnetic and superconducting charact
ers. Phase separation due to the existence of the miscibility gap as w
ell as the oxygen staging were detected by systematic neutron diffract
ion studies. Spin correlations and fluctuations were also studied in d
etails. Spin fluctuations in the oxygen doped La2CuO4+y can be compare
d with those of the Sr doped crystals and is understood in terms of th
e general 'hole' doping.