Evidence for a Peierls phase-transition in a three-dimensional multiple charge-density waves solid

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

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5603-5608

  Mansart, Barbara ^a   Cottet, Mathieu J G ^a   Penfold, Thomas J ^a,b   Dugdale, Stephen B ^c   Tediosi, Riccardo ^d   Chergui, Majed ^a   Carbone, Fabrizio ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron lattice interactions; Optical spectral weight; Ultrafast broadband spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHARGE DENSITY WAVE; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; MELTING POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84859562757     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117028109     Document Type: Article

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