Pairing fluctuations in the pseudogap state of copper-oxide superconductors probed by the Josephson effect

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 608-611

  Bergeal, N ^a   Lesueur, J ^a   Aprili, M ^a,b   Faini, G ^c   Contour, J P ^c   Leridon, B ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION SPECTRA; JOSEPHSON EFFECT; NMR MEASUREMENTS; PAIRING FLUCTUATIONS; SPECTRAL WEIGHT; SUPERCONDUCTING PAIRING; SUPERCONDUCTING TEMPERATURES;

COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 48949090879     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1017     Document Type: Article

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