International Workshop on Electronic Crystals
S. Brazovskii, P. Monceau and N. Kirova
J. Phys. IV France 131 (2005) 73-74
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2005131015
Analyis of the electro-optical search for current induced intragap states in blue bronze
J.W. BrillDept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055, USA
Abstract
No dependence of the electro-optical spectra of blue
bronze on position and voltage has been observed; in particular, there has
been no indication of intragap, soliton-like states at the contacts that can
be associated with current conversion into the sliding charge-density-wave.
These results are analyzed to show that there is less than one soliton per
chain in the contact, "phase-slip" region.
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