Crystalline electron pairs

Abstract

This is a nontechnical Perspective Commentary on the recent developments in cuprate STM and their ramifications for the theories of the pseudogap state, focusing on the paper by Hanaguri et al. [Nature 430, 1001 (2004)].

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References in corpus (3)

• A `checkerboard' electronic crystal state in lightly hole-doped Ca_{2-x}Na_{x}CuO_{2}Cl_{2}
• Local Ordering in the Pseudogap State of the High-T${}_c$ Superconductor Bi${}_2$Sr${}_2$CaCu${}_2$O${}_{8+\delta }$
• Periodic Density of States Modulations in Superconducting $\mathrm{B}{\mathrm{i}}_2\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{r}}_2\mathrm{CaC}{\mathrm{u}}_2{\mathrm{O}}_{8+\delta }$

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• Duality and the vibrational modes of a Cooper-pair Wigner crystal
• Theory of triangular lattice quasi-one-dimensional charge-transfer solids