Spectroscopic fingerprint of phase-incoherent superconductivity in the underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5944, 2009, Pages 1099-1103

  Lee, Jhinhwan ^a   Fujita, K ^a,b   Schmidt, A R ^a   Kim, Chung Koo ^a   Eisaki, H ^c   Uchida, S ^b   Davis, J C ^a,d  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUPRIC OXIDE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; PARTICLE MOTION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 69549124309     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176369     Document Type: Article

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