Sequence of Quantum Phase Transitions in Bi2Sr2CaCu2 O8+δ Cuprates Revealed by in Situ Electrical Doping of One and the Same Sample

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Jacobs, Th ^a   Simsek, Y ^a,b   Koval, Y ^b   Muller P ^b   Krasnov, V M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DOPING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON ENERGIES; METAL-TO-INSULATOR TRANSITIONS; METALLIC STATE; OPTIMAL DOPING; PSEUDO-GAP; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS;

PHASE DIAGRAMS;

EID: 84957998947     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.067001     Document Type: Article

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