Charge kinks are considered as excitations in a quarter-filled charge-order
ed ladder. The strength of the coupling of the kinks to the three-dimension
al lattice depends on their energy. The integrated intensity of Raman scatt
ering by the kink-antikink pairs is proportional to phi (5) or phi (4), whe
re phi is the order parameter. The exponent is determined by the system par
ameters and the strength of the electron-phonon coupling.