Macroscopic phase segregation in superconducting K 0.73Fe 1.67Se 2 as seen by muon spin rotation and infrared spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Wang, C N ^a   Marsik, P ^a   Schuster, R ^a   Dubroka, A ^a,b,g   Rossle M ^a   Niedermayer, Ch ^c   Varma, G D ^d   Wang, A F ^e   Chen, X H ^e   Wolf, T ^f   Bernhard, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g CENTRAL EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84862210650     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.214503     Document Type: Article

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