Quantum critical behaviour in the superfluid density of strongly underdoped ultrathin copper oxide films

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 700-702

  Hetel, Iulian ^a   Lemberger, Thomas R ^a   Randeria, Mohit ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TECHNETIUM; THICK FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS; MEASUREMENTS OF; QUANTUM CRITICAL; QUANTUM CRITICAL POINTS; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; STRUCTURAL UNIT; SUPERFLUID DENSITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 34848883711     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys707     Document Type: Article

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