The mysterious pseudogap in high temperature superconductors: An infrared view

Solid State Communications

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 337-348

  Timusk, T ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. Superconductivity; D. Infrared; D. Pseudogap; E. Reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LANTHANUM; NEODYMIUM; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PHOTOEMISSION; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0042199005     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(03)00371-5     Document Type: Article

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