| There
is strong experimental evidence for the existence of inhomogenous phases
known as "stripe" phases in cuprates and nickelates. These stripe
phases are the result of the strong interplay between kinetic and magnetic
energies in the system. We are currently investigating their ORIGIN,
interaction with DISORDER
AND LATTICE POTENTIALS , how they behave in the presence of CO-DOPING,
and the possible relationship between stripe states and high temperature
superconductivity. We are also very interested on how the anisotropies introduced
by stripes affect macroscopic physics like the VORTICES
in the superconducting phase. |
