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Angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements are used to determine the isotropic and anisotropic components of the transport scattering rate in overdoped Tl$_2$Ba$_2$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ for a range of $T_c$ values between 15K and 35K. The…
The angle-dependent interlayer magnetoresistance of overdoped Tl$_2$Ba$_2$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ has been measured in high magnetic fields up to 45 Tesla. A conventional Boltzmann transport analysis with no basal-plane anisotropy in the cyclotron…
The metallic state of high temperature cuprate superconductors is markedly different from that of textbook metals. The origin of this unconventional state, characterized by unusual and distinct temperature dependences in the transport…
The recent findings about two distinct quasiparticle inelastic scattering rates in angle-dependent magnetoresistance (ADMR) experiments in overdoped high-$T_c$ cuprates superconductors have motivated many discussions related to the link…
A simple model of anisotropic scattering in a quasi two-dimensional metal is studied. Its simplicity allows an analytic calculation of transport properties using the Boltzmann equation and relaxation time approximation. We argue that the…
A variety of "strange metals" exhibit resistivity that decreases linearly with temperature as $T\rightarrow 0$, in contrast with conventional metals where resistivity decreases as $T^2$. This $T$-linear resistivity has been attributed to…
We examine the momentum and energy dependence of the scattering rate of the high temperature cuprate superconductors using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The scattering rate is of the form a + b*w. The inelastic coefficient b is…
The anisotropy of the scattering rates, 1/$\tau_{tr} \propto T$ and 1/$\tau_H \propto T^2$, implied effectively by the anomalous temperature dependence of the normal-state in-plane Hall angle, $\cot \theta \propto T^2$, observed in the…
An overdoped YBa2Cu3O7 single crystal was studied by SQUID and torque magnetometry in order to investigate the temperature dependence of the anisotropy parameter close to the transition temperature T_c (0.87 T_c < T < T_c). Angle dependent…
Studies of interlayer transport in layered metals have generally made use of zero temperature conductivity expressions to analyze angle-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations (AMRO). However, recent high temperature AMRO experiments have…
The anisotropic properties of an optimally doped Nd_{1.85}Ce_{0.15}CuO_{4-\delta} single crystal have been studied both below and above the critical temperature Tc via the resistivity measurement in magnetic field H up to 12 T. By scaling…
The temperature dependence of the anisotropy of the superconducting state parameters, {\gamma}, was studied by torque magnetometry for the high temperature superconductor SmBa2Cu3Ox in magnetic fields of up to 9 T. The measurements were…
We study angular-dependent magnetoresistance in a low $T_c$ layered cuprate Bi$_{2.15}$Sr$_{1.9}$CuO$_{6+\delta}$. The low $T_c$ ~ 4 K allows complete suppression of superconductivity by modest magnetic fields and facilitate accurate…
We present a study of the in-plane and out-of-plane magnetoresistance (MR) in heavily-underdoped, antiferromagnetic YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{6+x}, which reveals a variety of striking features. The in-plane MR demonstrates a "d-wave"-like anisotropy…
We examine the momentum and energy dependence of the scattering rate of the high temperature cuprate superconductors using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The scattering rate is of the form a + bw around the Fermi surface for…
I present a new phenomenological model for the normal state transport properties of high-Tc cuprates. In particular, I identify a form of scattering rate that may account, qualitatively and quantitatively, for the normal state…
We determine the magnetic phase diagram for the YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6+x}$ and La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ systems from various NMR experiments. We discuss the possible interpretation of NMR and neutron scattering experiments in these systems in…
We present in-plane optical study on Tl$_{2}$Ba$_{2}$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ single crystals with substantially different $T_c$. The study reveals that the overdoping does not lead to a further increase of the carrier density but a decrease of…
We present a generalized Drude analysis of the in-plane optical conductivity $\sigma_{ab}$($T$,$\omega$) in cuprates taking into account the effects of in-plane anisotropy. A simple ansatz for the scattering rate $\Gamma$($T$,$\omega$),…
We present low-temperature thermal conductivity measurements on the cuprate Tl_2Ba_2CuO_{6+delta} throughout the overdoped regime. In the T -> 0 limit, the thermal conductivity due to d-wave nodal quasiparticles provides a bulk measurement…