Quasiparticle interference and superconducting gap in Ca 2-x Na x CuO 2 Cl 2

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 865-871

  Hanaguri, T ^a,b   Kohsaka, Y ^c   Davis, J C ^c,d   Lupien, C ^e   Yamada, I ^f   Azuma, M ^f   Takano, M ^f   Ohishi, K ^g   Ono, M ^a,b   Takagi, H ^a,b,h  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

BI2SR2CACU2OY; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; MOMENTUM RANGE; QUASI PARTICLES; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36749020084     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys753     Document Type: Article

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