Electron-spin excitation coupling in an electron-doped copper oxide superconductor

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 719-724

  Zhao, Jun ^a,g   Niestemski, F C ^b,h   Kunwar, Shankar ^b,i   Li, Shiliang ^a,c   Steffens, P ^d   Hiess, A ^d   Kang, H J ^e   Wilson, Stephen D ^b   Wang, Ziqiang ^b   Dai, Pengcheng ^a,c,f   Madhavan, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; BINARY ALLOYS; BOSONS; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPIN DYNAMICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; BOSONIC EXCITATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; OXYGEN ANNEALING; PARENT COMPOUNDS; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN CORRELATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 80052472778     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2006     Document Type: Article

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