Direct observation of the superconducting energy gap in the optical conductivity of the iron pnictide superconductor Ba ( Fe0.9 Co0.1 ) 2 As2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Gorshunov, B ^a,b   Wu, D ^a   Voronkov, A A ^b   Kallina, P ^a   Iida, K ^c   Haindl, S ^c   Kurth, F ^c   Schultz, L ^c   Holzapfel, B ^c   Dressel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

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EID: 77954823025     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.060509     Document Type: Article

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