Unprecedented anisotropic metallic state in undoped iron arsenide BaFe 2As 2 revealed by optical spectroscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 12238-12242

  Nakajima, M ^a,b,c   Liang, T ^a,b,c   Ishida, S ^a,b,c   Tomioka, Y ^b,c   Kihou, K ^b,c   Lee, C H ^b,c   Iyo, A ^b,c   Eisaki, H ^b,c   Kakeshita, T ^a,c   Ito, T ^b,c   Uchida, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic electronic state; Iron pnictide; Optical spectrum

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON ARSENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79961065932     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100102108     Document Type: Article

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