Exploring metastability via third harmonic measurements in single crystals of 2H-NbSe2 showing an anomalous peak effect

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 2005, Pages

  Thakur, A D ^a   Banerjee, S S ^b   Higgins, M J ^c   Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Grover, A K ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

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EID: 29744436113     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.134524     Document Type: Article

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