High-frequency behavior of the infrared conductivity of cuprates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Norman, M R ^a   Chubukov, A V ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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EID: 33645736778     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.140501     Document Type: Article

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