In-Plane Spectral Weight Shift of Charge Carriers in YBa2Cu 3O6.9

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5671, 2004, Pages 708-710

  Boris, A V ^a   Kovaleva, N N ^a,b   Dolgov, O V ^a,c   Holden, T ^a,c   Lin, C T ^a   Keimer, B ^a   Bernhard, C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DATA REDUCTION; ELLIPSOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CONDUCTION BANDS; OPTICAL SELF-ENERGY; SPECTRAL WEIGHT;

YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

BARIUM; COPPER; OXYGEN; YTTRIUM;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELLIPSOMETRY; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WEIGHT;

EID: 2342422433     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095532     Document Type: Article

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