Anisotropy of the in-plane angular magnetoresistance of electron-doped Sr1-x Lax CuO2 thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Jovanovic V P ^a   Fruchter, L ^a   Li, Z Z ^a   Raffy, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 77955189539     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.134520     Document Type: Article

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