Power-law dependence of the optical conductivity observed in the quantum spin-liquid compound κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2Cu 2(CN) 3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Elsässer, Sebastian ^a   Wu, Dan ^a   Dressel, Martin ^a   Schlueter, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84868144329     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155150     Document Type: Article

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