Visualising the Charge and Cooper-Pair Density Waves in Cuprates
This thesis reports on the use of scanning tunnelling microscopy to elucidate the atomic-scale electronic structure of a charge density wave, revealing that it has a d-symmetry form factor, hitherto unobserved in nature. It then details the development of an entirely new class of scanned probe: th...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
Series: | Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This thesis reports on the use of scanning tunnelling microscopy to elucidate the atomic-scale electronic structure of a charge density wave, revealing that it has a d-symmetry form factor, hitherto unobserved in nature. It then details the development of an entirely new class of scanned probe: the scanning Josephson tunnelling microscope. This scans the Josephson junction formed between a cuprate superconducting microscope tip and the surface of a cuprate sample, thereby imaging the superfluid density of the sample with nanometer resolution. This novel method is used to establish the existence of a spatially modulated superconducting condensate, something postulated theoretically over half a century ago but never previously observed |
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Physical Description: | XVI, 187 p. 78 illus., 58 illus. in color online resource |
ISBN: | 9783319659756 |