Nonlinear lattice dynamics as a basis for enhanced superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O6.5

Nature

Volumn 516, Issue 729, 2014, Pages 71-73

  Mankowsky, R ^a,b,c   Subedi, A ^d   Forst M ^a,c   Mariager, S O ^e   Chollet, M ^f   Lemke, H T ^f   Robinson, J S ^f   Glownia, J M ^f   Minitti, M P ^f   Frano, A ^g   Fechner, M ^h   Spaldin, N A ^h   Loew, T ^g   Keimer, B ^g   Georges, A ^d,i,j   Cavalleri, A ^a,b,c,k  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MATTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Center for Free Electron Laser Science   (Germany)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; VIBRATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NONLINEAR LATTICE DYNAMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84922215774     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13875     Document Type: Article

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