High-field studies of superconducting fluctuations in high-Tc cuprates: Evidence for a small gap distinct from the large pseudogap

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rullier Albenque, F ^a   Alloul, H ^b   Rikken, G ^c  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 79961243195     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.014522     Document Type: Article

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