Observation of orbital currents in CuO.

Orbital currents are proposed to be the order parameter of the pseudo-gap phase of cuprate high-temperature superconductors. We used resonant x-ray diffraction to observe orbital currents in a copper-oxygen plaquette, the basic building block of cuprate superconductors. The confirmation of the exist...

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Main Authors: Scagnoli, V, Staub, U, Bodenthin, Y, de Souza, R, García-Fernández, M, Garganourakis, M, Boothroyd, A, Prabhakaran, D, Lovesey, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011