Visualization of the emergence of the pseudogap state and the evolution to superconductivity in a lightly hole-doped Mott insulator

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 534-538

  Kohsaka, Y ^a   Hanaguri, T ^a   Azuma, M ^b   Takano, M ^c   Davis, J C ^d,e,f   Takagi, H ^a,g  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; VISUALIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC ENERGY; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; ATOMIC SCALE IMAGING; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; NANO-SCALE CLUSTERS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE; SYMMETRIC MATRICES;

MOTT INSULATORS;

EID: 84863430815     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2321     Document Type: Article

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