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The normal-state Hall coefficient R_H and the in-plane resistivity \rho_{ab} are measured in La-doped Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CuO_{y} (T_c \simeq 13 K) single crystals and La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} thin films by suppressing superconductivity with 61-T…
We present the first measurement on Nernst effect in the normal state of odd-parity, spin-triplet superconductor Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$. Below 100 K, the Nernst signal was found to be negative, large, and, as a function of magnetic field,…
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We have used inelastic neutron scattering to examine the magnetic fluctuations at intermediate frequencies in the simplest high temperature superconductor, La_{2-x}Sr_{x}Cu_{4}. The suppression of the low energy magnetic response in the…
Low temperature susceptibility and specific heat for single crystals of Pr$_{1-x}$La$_x$Os$_4$Sb$_{12}$ (0 $\leq x$ $\leq 1$) are reported. La-doping leaves CEF energies of Pr essentially unchanged. The average $T_c$ is only weakly affected…
We present experimental results for the in-plane resistivity of the electron-doped cuprate superconductor $La_{2-x}Ce_xCuO_4$ above its transition temperature $T_c$ as a function of Ce doping x and temperature. For the doping x between 0.11…
The contribution of superconducting fluctuations to the conductivity, or paraconductivity is studied in the underdoped regime of $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ cuprates. A perpendicular magnetic field up to 50 T is applied to suppress the…
Magnetoresistance measurements of highly underdoped superconducting La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 films with $x = 0.051$ and $x = 0.048$, performed in dc magnetic fields up to 20 T and at temperatures down to 40 mK, reveal a magnetic-field induced…
The optical properties the high-temperature superconductor La{2-x}Ba{x}CuO{4} have been measured over a wide frequency and temperature range for light polarized in the a-b planes and along the c axis. Three different Ba concentrations have…
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The temperature dependence of the tunneling conductance was measured for various doping levels of Pr(2-x)CexCuO4 using planar junctions. A normal state gap is seen at all doping levels studied, x=0.11 to x=0.19. We find it to vanish above a…
The normal state resistivity of high temperature superconductors can be probed in the region below Tc by suppressing the superconducting state in high magnetic fields. Here we present the normal state properties of YBa2Cu3Ox thin films in…
Transport properties of Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4+\delta}$ single crystal films are investigated in magnetic fields $B$ up to 9T at $T$=(0.4-4.2)K. An analysis of normal state (at $B>B_{c2}$) Hall coefficient $R_H$$^n$ dependence on Ce doping…
The Hall coefficient $R_H$ of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ exhibits a non-monotonic temperature dependence with two sign reversals. We show that this puzzling behavior is the signature of two crossovers which are key to the physics of this material. The…
We have investigated the nonlinear THz 2D coherent spectroscopic response of superconducting La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ (LSCO) thin films as a function of $T$ across a wide range of doping levels from mildly underdoped through extremely…
Experimental conditions for simultaneous measurements of transport coefficients of high temperature superconductors in zero and non-zero magnetic fields are analysed. Test measurements of the thermal conductivity, the thermoelectric power…
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