Time-domain classification of charge-density-wave insulators

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hellmann, S ^a   Rohwer, T ^a   Kallane M ^a   Hanff, K ^a   Sohrt, C ^a   Stange, A ^a   Carr, A ^b   Murnane, M M ^b   Kapteyn, H C ^b   Kipp, L ^a   Bauer, M ^a   Rossnagel, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARGE DENSITY WAVE INSULATOR; DENSITY; ELECTRONICS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866996050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2078     Document Type: Article

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