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Heavy d-electron quasiparticle interferenc(QPI) patterns in k-space and sub-atomic electronic structure in r-space are revealed by spectroscopic imaging(SI) STM measurements on Sr3Ru2O7. A relevant band is also identified from the complicated band structure of Sr3Ru2O7 by inverting dispersing QPI patterns.

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(Nature Physics Online - September 2009)

 
Quasiparticle interference imaging in the cuprate pseudogap state (T>Tc) reveals the spectro-scopic 'fingerprint' of phase incoherent d-wave superconductivity. (Click image to enlarge)

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(Science 325, 1099 - August 2009)

See also -
Review by Michael R. Norman
(Science 325, 1080)
News at Brookhaven National Lab
Press release by Cornell University

 

Relaxation study of 4He in the solid phase reveals ultraslow dynamics, evidencing the formation of superglass state.

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(Science 324, 632 - May 2009)

See also -
Review by John Saunders
(Science 324, 601)
News by Jon Cartwright
(Physics World, Apr 30 2009)
Commentary by Tony Leggett
(Journal Club for Conensed matter Physics)
Article on Physics Today (8 Jun 2009)

 
Investigation of the vanishing pattern of Cooper pairs in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, approaching the Mott insulator.

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(Nature 454, 1072 - Aug 2008)

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Review by Tetsuo Hanaguri
(Nature 454, 1062)
Editor's summary

 
supermodulation effect   Evolution of the electronic excitation spectrum with strongly diminishing hole density in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ.
 
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(Nature Physics 4, 319 - Apr 2008)

See also - review by Eric Hudson
(Nature Physics 4, 271)
 
supermodulation effect   Imaging the impact on cuprate superconductivity of varying the interatomic distances within individual crystal cells .
 

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(Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., Vol. 105, no. 9, 3203
- Mar 2008)

See also - comment by Michael R. Norman
(Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci., Vol. 105, no. 9, 3173)

 
QPi in Na-CCOC   Quasiparticle interference of nearly optimally doped Ca2-xNaxCuO2Cl2 was studied using STS.
 

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(Nature Physics 3, 865 - Oct 2007)

 
NaCCOC, R map (Laplacian) 150 mV
  Atomic resolution tunneling asymmetry imaging: an intrinsic Cu-O-Cu bond-centered electronic glass with disperse 4a0-wide unidirectional domains in underdoped Ca1.88Na0.12CuO2Cl2 and Bi2Sr2Dy0.2Ca0.8Cu2O8+δ
 
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(Science 315, 1380 - Mar 2007)

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Pseudogap in LBCO.
  The pseudogap state in cuprate superconductors La2-xBaxCuO4 (x=1/8) was studied by ARPES and STM.
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(Science 314, 1914 - Dec 2006)
 
  The influence of atomic scale electron-lattice interactions on high-Tc superconductivity was imaged by STM.
published article - download PDF
(Nature 442, 546 - Aug 2006)
 
  Atomic-scale sources and mechanism of nanoscale electronic disorder in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ were identified by STM.
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(Science 309, 1048 - Aug 2005)
 
  The doping dependence of nanoscale electronic structure in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ was studied by STM.
published article - download PDF
(Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 197005 - May 2005)
 
  'Checkerboard' electronic crystal state in the lightly hole-doped cuprate Ca2-xNaxCuO2Cl2.
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(Nature 430, 1001 - Aug 2004)

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  Magnetic Material Laboratory site (RIKEN)
  Physics Today - cover figure by Curry Taylor
 
  The relationship between atomic-scale electronic phenomena and wave-like quasiparticle states in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ was explained in terms of an octet model of quasiparticle interference.
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(Nature 422, 592 - Apr 2003)
 
  The granular structure of high-Tc superconductivity in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ was imaged with atomic resolution, revealing inherent heterogeneity.
published article - download PDF
(Nature 415, 412 - Jan 2002)
 
  A checkerboard-like Four Unit Cell Periodic Pattern of Quasi-Particle States Surrounding Vortex Cores in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ was discovered.
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(Science 295, 466 - Jan 2002)
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