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The temperature and magnetic-field (H) dependences of thermal conductivity (\kappa) of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} (Bi2212) are systematically measured for a broad doping range by using both pure Bi2212 single crystals with tuned oxygen…
Single crystals of Na$_{1-\delta}$Fe$_{1-x}$T$_x$As with T = Co, Rh have been grown using a self-flux technique. The crystals were thoroughly characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility and electronic transport with…
We have performed angle-resolved photoemission and core-level x-ray photoemission studies of the single-layer cuprate Bi$_2$Sr$_{2-x}$La$_x$CuO$_{6+\delta}$ (Bi2201) and revealed the doping evolution of the electronic structure from the…
The low-temperature specific heat (SH) of overdoped La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} single crystals (0.178=<x=<0.290) has been measured. For the superconducting samples (0.178=<x=<0.238), the derived gap values (without any adjusting parameters)…
High quality electron-doped HTSC single crystals of $\rm Pr_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4+\delta}$ and $\rm Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4+\delta}$ have been successfully grown by the container-free traveling solvent floating zone technique. The optimally doped…
The parent compounds of the copper oxide high-Tc superconductors are unusual insulators. Superconductivity arises when they are properly doped away from stoichiometry1. In Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x, superconductivity results from doping with excess…
Although phase diagrams can be leveraged to investigate high transition temperature (high-$T_c$) superconductivity, the issue has not been discussed thoroughly. In this study, we elucidate the phase diagram of the overdoped side of…
A series of high-quality under-doped La2-xSrxCuO4 superconductor crystals with x = 0.063 - 0.125 were prepared by traveling-solvent floating-zone (TSFZ) technique. We found by dc magnetic measurements that, in this series of crystals, the…
Understanding the phase diagram of kagome superconductors from a microscopic perspective is crucial for clarifying the interplay between charge order and superconductivity. Ti-doped CsV$_{3}$Sb$_{5}$ exhibits a nonmonotonic…
Fluctuation induced diamagnetism in BSCCO single crystals with different doping levels (i.e., different oxygen stoichiometry) was measured using magneto-optics (MO) in a wide frequency range up to several MHz. A shift in Tc onset, measured…
We report the first low temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy study of high quality Bi2223 crystals. We present atomic resolution and show spectroscopic data acquired on two different samples. In one case, for Tc= 109K…
Cd-doped La(O,F)BiS2 single crystals were grown using a CsCl/KCl flux. The grown crystals have a plate-like shape with ~1-2 mm square size in a well-developed ab-plane. The Cd doping in the crystals was successfully characterized by single…
Tunneling measurements have been carried out on heavily underdoped, slightly overdoped and partially Ni-substituted Bi2212 single crystals by using a break-junction technique. We find that in-plane tunneling spectra below Tc are the…
We present scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy measurements on a cleaved surface of the LaO0.9F0.1BiSe2 single crystals. Tunneling spectra show a finite local density of states at EF, which is consistent with metallic…
We have investigated the optimally doped tri-layer cuprate Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Ca$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{10+\delta}$ (Bi2223) by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and observed energy bands and Fermi surfaces originated from the outer and inner…
In order to access the overdoped regime of the YBa_2Cu_3O_y phase diagram, 2% Ca is substituted for Y in YBa_2Cu_3O_y (y = 7.00,6.93,6.88,6.76). Raman scattering studies have been carried out on these four single crystals. Measurements of…
We study the interplay of magnetic and superconducting order in single crystalline hole doped Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 using muon spin relaxation. We find microscopic coexistence of magnetic order and superconductivity. In a strongly underdoped…
Many years of intense research on cuprate superconductors have led to several discoveries, such as the pseudogap and charge density waves (CDW), yet a complete theory is still lacking. By analyzing some experiments and performing…
Magnetization and its relaxation have been measured in $Ba(Fe_{1-x}Co_x)_2As_2$ single crystals at various doping levels ranging fromvery underdoped to very overdoped regimes. Sizable magnetization relaxation rate has been observed in all…
Understanding the bottleneck to drive higher critical transition temperature $T_\textrm{c}$ plays a pivotal role in the underlying study of superconductors. We systematically investigate the effect of Li$^+$ substitution for Cu$^{2+}$…