In-plane electronic anisotropy of underdoped '122' Fe-arsenide superconductors revealed by measurements of detwinned single crystals

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Fisher, I R ^a,b   Degiorgi, L ^c   Shen, Z X ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 80155210444     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/74/12/124506     Document Type: Review

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