Doping dependence of femtosecond quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in Ba(Fe,Co) 2As 2 single crystals: Evidence for normal-state nematic fluctuations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Stojchevska, L ^a   Mertelj, T ^a   Chu, Jiun Haw ^b,c   Fisher, Ian R ^b,c   Mihailovic, D ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84864459079     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.024519     Document Type: Article

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