Snapshots of cooperative atomic motions in the optical suppression of charge density waves

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7325, 2010, Pages 799-802

  Eichberger, Maximilian ^a   Schäfer, Hanjo ^a   Krumova, Marina ^a   Beyer, Markus ^a   Demsar, Jure ^a,b   Berger, Helmuth ^c   Moriena, Gustavo ^d,e   Sciaini, Germán ^d,e   Miller, R J Dwayne ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650174837     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09539     Document Type: Article

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