Temporal correlations of superconductivity above the transition temperature in la 2-x Sr x CuO 4 probed by terahertz spectroscopy

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-302

  Bilbro, L S ^a   Aguilar, R Valdés ^a   Logvenov, G ^b   Pelleg, O ^b   Bozovic I ^b   Armitage, N P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; NARROW TEMPERATURE RANGES; SUPERCONDUCTING CORRELATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79953688260     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1912     Document Type: Article

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