Bio


Aharon Kapitulnik is the Theodore and Sydney Rosenberg Professor in Applied Physics at the Departments of Applied Physics and Physics at Stanford University. His research focuses on experimental condensed matter physics, while opportunistically, also apply his methods to tabletop experimental studies of fundamental phenomena in physics. His recent studies cover a broad spectrum of phenomena associated with the behavior of correlated and disordered electron systems, particularly in reduced dimensions, and the development of effective instrumentation to detect subtle signatures of physical phenomena.

Among other recognitions, his activities earned him the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1986-90), a Presidential Young Investigator Award (1987-92), a Sackler Scholar at Tel-Aviv University (2006), the Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize for Superconductivity Experiment (2009), a RTRA (Le Triangle de la Physique) Senior Chair (2010), and the Oliver Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society (2015). Aharon Kapitulnik is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Kapitulnik holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Tel-Aviv University (1984).

Academic Appointments


Administrative Appointments


  • Chair, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University (2005 - 2010)
  • Deputy Director, Laboratory for Advanced materials, Stanford University (2000 - 2002)
  • Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (2000 - 2001)
  • Director, center for Materials Research, Stanford University (1999 - 2000)
  • Chair, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University (1996 - 1999)
  • Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University (1994 - Present)
  • Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, and U. of Paris XI, Orsay (1992 - 1992)
  • Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, Stanford University (1990 - 1994)
  • Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University (1985 - 1990)
  • Assistant Professor in Residence, UC Santa Barbara (1985 - 1985)
  • Associate Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara (1983 - 1984)
  • Weizmann postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, UC Santa Barbara (1983 - 1984)

Honors & Awards


  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2022)
  • Elected member, National Academy of Science (2015)
  • The 2015 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize., American Physical Society (2015)
  • EPIQS Experimental Investigator Award, Moore Foundation (2014)
  • The Yuval Ne'eman Memorial Lecture, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2014)
  • Einstein Colloquium, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (2012)
  • Senior Chair, Le Triangle de la Physique, (Polytechnique-Orsay-Saclay), France (2011-2014)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2011)
  • Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
  • Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize for Outstanding Superconductivity Experiments, International Award (2009)
  • Colloquium Pierre et Marie CURIE, Paris, France (2007)
  • Sackler Professor by Special Appointment, School of Physics and astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (2006-2015)
  • Niels-Bohr lecture, The Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2000)
  • Distinguished Lecturer in Materials Physics, Penn State University (1994)
  • Elected Fellow, American Physical Society (1994)
  • Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1987-1992)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1986-1990)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Conductus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (1987 - 1996)
  • Member of Executive Committee, DCMP, American Physical Society (2008 - 2011)
  • Member, Governing Body of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Solid State Physics., Tel-Aviv University, Israel. (2007 - Present)
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Condensed Matter and Materials Research (CCMR) (2017 - Present)

Professional Education


  • Ph.D, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Physics (1984)
  • B.Sc, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Physics (1978)

2022-23 Courses


Stanford Advisees


All Publications


  • High quality ultrathin Bi2Se3 films on CaF2 and CaF2/Si by molecular beam epitaxy with a radio frequency cracker cell APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Zhang, L., Hammond, R., Dolev, M., Liu, M., Palevski, A., Kapitulnik, A. 2012; 101 (15)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4758466

    View details for Web of Science ID 000310304900063

  • Charge and spin collective modes in a quasi-one-dimensional model of Sr2RuO4 PHYSICAL REVIEW B Chung, S. B., Raghu, S., Kapitulnik, A., Kivelson, S. A. 2012; 86 (6)
  • Polar Kerr effect as probe for time-reversal symmetry breaking in unconventional superconductors NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS Kapitulnik, A., Xia, J., Schemm, E., Palevski, A. 2009; 11
  • Search for time-reversal symmetry breaking in unconventional superconductors 5th International Workshop on Electronic Crystals (ECRYS-2008) Kapitulnik, A., Xia, J., Schemm, E. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2009: 507–9
  • Improved constraints on non-Newtonian forces at 10 microns PHYSICAL REVIEW D Geraci, A. A., Smullin, S. J., Weld, D. M., Chiaverini, J., Kapitulnik, A. 2008; 78 (2)
  • Approach to a superconductor-to-Bose-insulator transition in disordered films PHYSICAL REVIEW B Steiner, M. A., Breznay, N. P., Kapitulnik, A. 2008; 77 (21)
  • New apparatus for detecting micron-scale deviations from Newtonian gravity PHYSICAL REVIEW D Weld, D. M., Xia, J., Cabrera, B., Kapitulnik, A. 2008; 77 (6)
  • STM studies of TbTe3: Evidence for a fully incommensurate charge density wave PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Fang, A., Ru, N., Fisher, I. R., Kapitulnik, A. 2007; 99 (4)

    Abstract

    We observe unidirectional charge density wave (CDW) ordering on the quasi-2D material TbTe3 with a scanning tunneling microscope at approximately 6 K. Our analysis indicates that the CDW is fully incommensurate, with wave vector qCDW approximately 0.71x2pi/c. By imaging at various tip-sample voltages, we highlight effects of the subsurface layer and its effect on the CDW. We also observe an additional (possibly surface) dimerization and approximately 0.68x2pi/a ordering perpendicular to the CDW.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.046401

    View details for Web of Science ID 000248345800041

    View details for PubMedID 17678379

  • Inferring effective interactions from the local density of states: Application to STM data from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta PHYSICAL REVIEW B Jamei, R., Robertson, J., Kim, E., Fang, A., Kapitulnik, A., Kivelson, S. A. 2006; 74 (17)
  • High resolution polar Kerr effect measurements of Sr2RuO4: Evidence for broken time-reversal symmetry in the superconducting state PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Xia, J., Maeno, Y., Beyersdorf, P. T., Fejer, M. M., Kapitulnik, A. 2006; 97 (16)

    Abstract

    The polar Kerr effect in the spin-triplet superconductor Sr2RuO4 was measured with high precision using a Sagnac interferometer with a zero-area Sagnac loop. We observed nonzero Kerr rotations as big as 65 nanorad appearing below Tc in large domains. Our results imply a broken time-reversal symmetry state in the superconducting state of Sr2RuO4, similar to 3He-A.

    View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.167002

    View details for Web of Science ID 000241405400054

    View details for PubMedID 17155427

  • Feedback control and characterization of a microcantilever using optical radiation pressure APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Weld, D. M., Kapitulnik, A. 2006; 89 (16)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.2362598

    View details for Web of Science ID 000241405200130

  • Distinguishing patterns of charge order: Stripes or checkerboards PHYSICAL REVIEW B Robertson, J. A., Kivelson, S. A., Fradkin, E., Fang, A. C., Kapitulnik, A. 2006; 74 (13)
  • Superconductivity in the insulating phase above the field-tuned superconductor-insulator transition in disordered indium oxide films PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS Steiner, M., Kapitulnik, A. 2005; 422 (1-2): 16-26
  • Periodic coherence-peak height modulations in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta PHYSICAL REVIEW B Fang, A., Howald, C., Kaneko, N., Greven, M., Kapitulnik, A. 2004; 70 (21)
  • Coexistence of periodic modulation of quasiparticle states and superconductivity in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Howald, C., Eisaki, H., Kaneko, N., Kapitulnik, A. 2003; 100 (17): 9705-9709

    Abstract

    In this article we show, using scanning tunneling spectroscopy, the existence of static striped density of electronic states in nearly optimally doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta in zero field. This modulation is aligned with the Cu-O bonds, with a periodicity of four lattice constants, and exhibits features characteristic of a two-dimensional system of line objects. We further show that the density of states modulation manifests itself as a shift of states from above to below the superconducting gap. The fact that a single energy scale (i.e., the gap) appears for both superconductivity and stripes suggests that these two effects have the same origin.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1233768100

    View details for Web of Science ID 000184926000016

    View details for PubMedID 12913127

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC187829

  • Inherent inhomogeneities in tunneling spectra of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8-x crystals in the superconducting state PHYSICAL REVIEW B Howald, C., FOURNIER, R., Kapitulnik, A. 2001; 64 (10)
  • True superconductivity in a two-dimensional superconducting-insulating system PHYSICAL REVIEW B Mason, N., Kapitulnik, A. 2001; 64 (6)
  • Domain-wall resistivity in SrRuO3: the influence of domain walls spacing International Conference on Magnetism Klein, L., Kats, Y., Marshall, A. F., Reiner, J. W., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2001: 780–781
  • Simple microcalorimeter for measuring microgram samples at low temperatures REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Doettinger-Zech, S. G., Uhl, M., Sisson, D. L., Kapitulnik, A. 2001; 72 (5): 2398-2406
  • Magnetic resistivity in SrRuO3 and the ferromagnetic phase transition PHYSICAL REVIEW B Kats, Y., Klein, L., Reiner, J. W., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. 2001; 63 (5)
  • Thermal conductivity of Cu1-xMgxGeO3 22nd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics Takeya, J., Ando, Y., Masuda, T., Tsukada, I., Uchinokura, K., Kapitulnik, A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2000: 1645–1646
  • Domain wall resistivity in SrRuO3 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Klein, L., Kats, Y., Marshall, A. F., Reiner, J. W., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. 2000; 84 (26): 6090-6093

    Abstract

    SrRuO3 is an itinerant ferromagnet with T(c) approximately 150 K. When SrRuO3 is cooled through T(c) in zero applied magnetic field, a stripe domain structure appears whose orientation is uniquely determined by the large uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy. We find that the ferromagnetic domain walls clearly enhance the resistivity of SrRuO3 and that the enhancement has different temperature dependence for currents parallel and perpendicular to the domain walls. We discuss possible interpretations of our results.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000087909500043

    View details for PubMedID 10991131

  • Extraordinary Hall effect in SrRuO3 51st Yamada Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Klein, L., Reiner, J. R., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 2000: 608–609
  • Extraordinary Hall effect in SrRuO3 PHYSICAL REVIEW B Klein, L., Reiner, J. R., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. 2000; 61 (12): R7842-R7845
  • Specific heat of Zn-doped YBa2Cu3O6.95: Possible evidence for Kondo screening in the superconducting state PHYSICAL REVIEW B Sisson, D. L., Doettinger, S. G., Kapitulnik, A., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., Hardy, W. N. 2000; 61 (5): 3604-3609
  • Impurity-induced bound excitations on the surface of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Yazdani, A., Howald, C. M., Lutz, C. P., Kapitulnik, A., Eigler, D. M. 1999; 83 (1): 176-179
  • Dissipation effects on the superconductor-insulator transition in 2D superconductors PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Mason, N., Kapitulnik, A. 1999; 82 (26): 5341-5344
  • Lorentz transmission electron microscope study of ferromagnetic domain walls in SrRuO3: Statics, dynamics, and crystal structure correlation JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS Marshall, A. F., Klein, L., Dodge, J. S., Ahn, C. H., Reiner, J. W., Mieville, L., Antagonazza, L., Kapitulnik, A., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R. 1999; 85 (8): 4131-4140
  • Is CaRuO3 a non-Fermi liquid metal? International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES 98) Klein, L., Antognazza, L., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1999: 431–432
  • Observation of quantum oscillations in the electrical resistivity of SrRuO3 PHYSICAL REVIEW B Mackenzie, A. P., Reiner, J. W., Tyler, A. W., Galvin, L. M., Julian, S. R., Beasley, M. R., Geballe, T. H., Kapitulnik, A. 1998; 58 (20): 13318-13321
  • Large magnetoresistance of single-crystal films of ferromagnetic SrRuO3 JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS Klein, L., Marshall, A. F., Reiner, J. W., Ahn, C. H., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R., Kapitulnik, A. 1998; 188 (3): 319-325
  • Rapid suppression of the superconducting gap in overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta PHYSICAL REVIEW B White, P. J., Shen, Z. X., Kim, C., Harris, J. M., Loeser, A. G., Fournier, P., Kapitulnik, A. 1996; 54 (22): 15669-15672
  • Excitation gap in the normal state of underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta SCIENCE Loeser, A. G., Shen, Z. X., Dessau, D. S., Marshall, D. S., Park, C. H., Fournier, P., Kapitulnik, A. 1996; 273 (5273): 325-329
  • Excitation Gap in the Normal State of Underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta Science (New York, N.Y.) Loeser, A. G., Shen, Z., Dessau, D. S., Marshall, D. S., Park, C. H., Fournier, P., Kapitulnik, A. 1996; 273 (5273): 325-9

    Abstract

    Angle-resolved photoemission experiments reveal evidence of an energy gap in the normal state excitation spectrum of the cuprate superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta. This gap exists only in underdoped samples and closes around the doping level at which the superconducting transition temperature Tc is a maximum. The momentum dependence and magnitude of the gap closely resemble those of the dx2-y2 gap observed in the superconducting state. This observation is consistent with results from several other experimental techniques, which also indicate the presence of a gap in the normal state. Some possible theoretical explanations for this effect are reviewed.

    View details for PubMedID 8662512

  • Unconventional electronic structure evolution with hole doping in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta: Angle-resolved photoemission results PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Marshall, D. S., Dessau, D. S., Loeser, A. G., Park, C. H., Matsuura, A. Y., Eckstein, J. N., Bozovic, I., Fournier, P., Kapitulnik, A., SPICER, W. E., Shen, Z. X. 1996; 76 (25): 4841-4844
  • Evolution of the electronic structure with doping in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta - Angle resolved photoemission results 11th International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics (VUV-11 Conference) Dessau, D. S., Marshall, D. S., Loeser, A. G., Park, C. H., Matsuura, A. Y., Shen, Z. X., Fournier, P., Kapitulnik, A., Kishio, K., Eckstein, J., Bozovic, I. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1996: 167–170
  • Lock-in transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta observed through 10GHz dissipation 21st International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT 21) Enriquez, H., Bontemps, N., Fournier, P., Kapitulnik, A., Maignan, A., Ruyter, A. INST PHYSICS ACAD SCI CZECH REPUBLIC. 1996: 1593–1594
  • PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY AND STRONG MAGNETOOPTIC PROPERTIES OF SRRUO3 EPITAXIAL-FILMS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Klein, L., Dodge, J. S., Geballe, T. H., Kapitulnik, A., Marshall, A. F., Antognazza, L., Char, K. 1995; 66 (18): 2427-2429
  • SUPERCONDUCTING-INSULATING TRANSITION IN 2-DIMENSIONAL ALPHA-MOGE THIN-FILMS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Yazdani, A., Kapitulnik, A. 1995; 74 (15): 3037-3040
  • Microwave absorption in the mixed state of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta single crystals PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS Bertin, P., Bontemps, N., Davidov, D., Lombardo, L., Kapitulnik, A. 1994; 235-40: 3149-3150
  • NORMAL-MODES AND SPECIFIC-HEAT OF AN UNDAMPED 3-DIMENSIONAL LATTICE OF PANCAKE VORTICES IN THIN SUPERCONDUCTING MULTILAYERS PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS Fetter, A. L., Kapitulnik, A., Moler, K. A. 1994; 235: 1777-1778
  • MAGNETIC-FIELD DEPENDENCE OF THE DENSITY-OF-STATES OF YBA2CU3O6.95 AS DETERMINED FROM THE SPECIFIC-HEAT PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Moler, K. A., BAAR, D. J., Urbach, J. S., Liang, R. X., Hardy, W. N., Kapitulnik, A. 1994; 73 (20): 2744-2747
  • ANOMALOUS TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF VORTEX ELASTIC PROPERTIES IN THE FLUX-FLOW REGIME OF MO77GE23/GE MULTILAYER SUPERCONDUCTORS PHYSICAL REVIEW B White, W. R., Kapitulnik, A., Beasley, M. R. 1994; 50 (9): 6303-6307
  • THE NATURE OF LONG-RANGE ORDER IN THE VORTEX LATTICE OF HIGH T(C) SUPERCONDUCTORS Conference on Superconducting Superlattices and Multilayers Ryu, S. G., Doniach, S., Kapitulnik, A. SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 1994: 12–15
  • EFFECTS OF COLUMNAR PINS ON FLUX-LINE DYNAMICS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Ryu, S., Kapitulnik, A., Doniach, S. 1993; 71 (25): 4245-4248
  • THERMAL-DIFFUSIVITY OF BI2SR2CACU2O8 SINGLE-CRYSTALS PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS Wu, X. D., FANTON, J. G., Kino, G. S., Ryu, S., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1993; 218 (3-4): 417-423
  • PHOTOTHERMAL MICROSCOPE FOR HIGH-T(C) SUPERCONDUCTORS AND CHARGE-DENSITY WAVES REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Wu, X. D., Kino, G. S., FANTON, J. T., Kapitulnik, A. 1993; 64 (11): 3321-3327
  • KEY FEATURES IN THE MEASURED BAND-STRUCTURE OF BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA - FLAT BANDS AT E(F) AND FERMI-SURFACE NESTING PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Dessau, D. S., Shen, Z. X., King, D. M., Marshall, D. S., Lombardo, L. W., DICKINSON, P. H., Loeser, A. G., DiCarlo, J., Park, C. H., Kapitulnik, A., SPICER, W. E. 1993; 71 (17): 2781-2784
  • LOSS OF INTERPLANE CORRELATION IN BI2SR2CACU2O8 SINGLE-CRYSTALS PHYSICAL REVIEW B ARRIBERE, A., Pastoriza, H., Goffman, M. F., DELACRUZ, F., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1993; 48 (10): 7486-7491
  • EVIDENCE FOR K-DEPENDENT, INPLANE ANISOTROPY OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING GAP IN BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA PHYSICAL REVIEW B Wells, B. O., Shen, Z. X., Dessau, D. S., SPICER, W. E., Mitzi, D. B., Lombardo, L., Kapitulnik, A., Arko, A. J. 1992; 46 (18): 11830-11834
  • SQUID PICOVOLTOMETRY OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA - OBSERVATION OF THE CROSSOVER FROM HIGH-TEMPERATURE ARRHENIUS TO LOW-TEMPERATURE VORTEX-GLASS BEHAVIOR PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Safar, H., Gammel, P. L., Bishop, D. J., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1992; 68 (17): 2672-2675
  • VORTEX MOTION IN TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS OF REDUCED DIMENSIONALITY INTERNATIONAL CONF ON PHYSICS IN 2 DIMENSIONS White, W. R., Hahn, M. R., Kapitulnik, A., Beasley, M. R. BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG. 1992: 375–78
  • MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION OF FLUX LATTICE MELTING IN A MODEL HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTOR PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Ryu, S., Doniach, S., Deutscher, G., Kapitulnik, A. 1992; 68 (5): 710-713
  • THERMOELECTRIC COOLING AT VERY LOW-TEMPERATURES APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Kapitulnik, A. 1992; 60 (2): 180-182
  • SUPERCONDUCTING INTERLAYER DECOUPLING AND SOFTENING OF THE FLUX LINE STRUCTURE IN BSCCO SINGLE-CRYSTALS 6TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CRITICAL CURRENTS Duran, C., YAZYI, J., ARRIBERE, A., DELACRUZ, F., Bishop, D. J., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. IOP PUBLISHING LTD. 1992: S272–S275
  • INTERPLANE AND INTRAPLANE SOFTENING OF THE VORTEX STRUCTURE IN BI2.1SR1.9CA0.9CU2O8+DELTA - A 2-STEP TRANSITION PHYSICA C YAZYI, J., ARRIBERE, A., Duran, C., DELACRUZ, F., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1991; 184 (4-6): 254-258
  • INPLANE DISSIPATION MAXIMA AND VORTEX-LINE DISTORTIONS IN THE RESISTIVE TRANSITIONS OF OXYGEN-DOPED BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTALS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Hsu, J. W., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1991; 67 (15): 2095-2098
  • ENHANCEMENT OF OPTICAL REFLECTIVITY OF HIGH TC-SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS BY ION MILLING APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Kim, J. H., Char, K., Bozovic, I., Lee, W. Y., Kapitulnik, A., Harris, J. S. 1991; 58 (22): 2558-2560
  • SEARCH FOR A PROXIMITY EFFECT INDUCED GAP IN GOLD HIGH-TC JUNCTIONS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Dessau, D. S., Wells, B. O., Shen, Z. X., SPICER, W. E., Arko, A. J., LIST, R. S., Olson, C. G., Eom, C. B., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A., Geballe, T. H. 1991; 58 (12): 1332-1334
  • SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION-TEMPERATURE IN A NB/NBXSI1-X BILAYER SYSTEM PHYSICAL REVIEW B Hsu, J. W., Park, S. I., Deutscher, G., Kapitulnik, A. 1991; 43 (4): 2648-2655
  • O 1S CORE LEVELS IN BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTALS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Parmigiani, F., Shen, Z. X., Mitzi, D. B., LINDAU, I., SPICER, W. E., Kapitulnik, A. 1991; 43 (4): 3085-3090
  • OBSERVATION OF A COMMENSURATE ARRAY OF FLUX CHAINS IN TILTED FLUX LATTICES IN BI-SR-CA-CU-O SINGLE-CRYSTALS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Bolle, C. A., Gammel, P. L., Grier, D. G., Murray, C. A., Bishop, D. J., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1991; 66 (1): 112-115
  • ANGLE-RESOLVED-PHOTOEMISSION STUDY OF BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA - METALLICITY OF THE BI-O PLANE PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Wells, B. O., Shen, Z. X., Dessau, D. S., SPICER, W. E., Olson, C. G., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A., LIST, R. S., Arko, A. 1990; 65 (24): 3056-3059
  • VARIATION OF CU-O CHARGE-TRANSFER ENERGIES IN YBA2CU3O7-X THIN-FILMS STUDIED BY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY PHYSICAL REVIEW B Yeh, J. J., LINDAU, I., Sun, J. Z., Char, K., Missert, N., Kapitulnik, A., Geballe, T. H., Beasley, M. R. 1990; 42 (13): 8044-8048
  • MICROSTRUCTURAL INTERACTION OF Y2BA4CU8O16 STACKING-FAULTS WITHIN YBA2CU3O7-X JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH Marshall, A. F., Char, K., Barton, R. W., Kapitulnik, A., LADERMAN, S. S. 1990; 5 (10): 2049-2055
  • FLUX MOTION IN A 2-DIMENSIONAL SINGLE-CRYSTAL NB FILM APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Hsu, J. W., Kapitulnik, A. 1990; 57 (10): 1061-1063
  • BREAKDOWN FIELD IN HIGHLY ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTORS 3RD CONF ON FRONTIERS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, IN HONOUR OF CYRIL DOMB ON HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY Deutscher, G., Kapitulnik, A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1990: 338–44
  • TEST FOR NONRECIPROCAL CIRCULAR BIREFRINGENCE IN YBA2CU3O7 THIN-FILMS AS EVIDENCE FOR BROKEN TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Spielman, S., FESLER, K., Eom, C. B., Geballe, T. H., Fejer, M. M., Kapitulnik, A. 1990; 65 (1): 123-126
  • OBSERVATION OF AN HEXATIC VORTEX GLASS IN FLUX LATTICES OF THE HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTOR BI2.1SR1.9CA0.9CU2O8+DELTA ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Bishop, D. J., Gammel, P. L., Murray, C. A., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1990; 581: 77-87
  • OBSERVATION OF A HEXATIC VORTEX GLASS IN FLUX LATTICES OF THE HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTOR BI2.1SR1.9CA0.9CU2O8+DELTA PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Murray, C. A., Gammel, P. L., Bishop, D. J., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1990; 64 (19): 2312-2315
  • GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF OXYGEN-DOPED AND ION-DOPED BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTALS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Mitzi, D. B., Lombardo, L. W., Kapitulnik, A., LADERMAN, S. S., JACOWITZ, R. D. 1990; 41 (10): 6564-6574
  • DISTRIBUTION OF FLUX-PINNING ENERGIES IN YBA2CU3O7-DELTA AND BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA FROM FLUX NOISE PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Ferrari, M. J., Johnson, M., Wellstood, F. C., Clarke, J., Mitzi, D., Rosenthal, P. A., Eom, C. B., Geballe, T. H., Kapitulnik, A., Beasley, M. R. 1990; 64 (1): 72-75
  • EVIDENCE FOR AN INTRINSIC LINEAR TERM IN THE T-DEPENDENCE OF THE THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY OF SUPERCONDUCTING YBA2CU3O7 AND BI2SR2CACU2O8 SINGLE-CRYSTALS INTERNATIONAL CONF ON MATERIALS AND MECHANISMS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY : HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS 2 Sparn, G., Baenitz, M., Horn, S., STEGLICH, F., Assmus, W., Wolf, T., Kapitulnik, A., Zhao, Z. X. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. 1989: 508–509
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  • PHOTOEMISSION-STUDY OF THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE (PR0.2LA0.8)(BA1.875LA0.125)CU3O7-DELTA SYSTEM SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS LINDBERG, P. A., Shen, Z. X., LINDAU, I., SPICER, W. E., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1989; 72 (6): 575-578
  • PHOTOEMISSION-STUDY OF ABSORPTION MECHANISMS IN BI2.0SR1.8CA0.8LA0.3CU2.1O8+DELTA, BABIO3, AND ND1.85CE0.15CUO4 PHYSICAL REVIEW B LINDBERG, P. A., Shen, Z. X., Wells, B. O., Dessau, D. S., Ellis, W. P., Borg, A., Kang, J. S., Mitzi, D. B., LINDAU, I., SPICER, W. E., Kapitulnik, A. 1989; 40 (13): 8840-8843
  • SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER OF THE 90-K BI2(SR,LA,CA)3CU2O8 SUPERCONDUCTORS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS LINDBERG, P. A., Shen, Z. X., Wells, B. O., Dessau, D. S., Borg, A., LINDAU, I., SPICER, W. E., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A. 1989; 55 (11): 1141-1143
  • PHOTOTHERMAL MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS FANTON, J. T., Mitzi, D. B., Kapitulnik, A., KHURIYAKUB, B. T., Kino, G. S., Gazit, D., Feigelson, R. S. 1989; 55 (6): 598-599
  • THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF BI2.0SR1.8LA0.3CA0.8CU2.1O8+DELTA-SUPERCONDUCTORS STUDIED USING ULTRAVIOLET AND X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY PHYSICA C LINDBERG, P. A., Shen, Z. X., Dessau, D. S., Wells, B. O., Borg, A., Ellis, W., Mitzi, D. B., LINDAU, I., SPICER, W. E., Kapitulnik, A. 1989; 159 (5): 649-653
  • MEASUREMENTS ON THIN-FILM HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS IBM JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Kapitulnik, A., Char, K. 1989; 33 (3): 252-261
  • GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF SPUTTERED HIGH-TC OXIDE THIN-FILMS IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS Char, K., Hahn, M. R., Hylton, T. L., Beasley, M. R., Geballe, T. H., Kapitulnik, A. 1989; 25 (2): 2422-2425
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  • MAGNETIC-FLUX MOTION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES OF THE HIGH-TC OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Sun, J. Z., Char, K., Hahn, M. R., Geballe, T. H., Kapitulnik, A. 1989; 54 (7): 663-665
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  • ORDERED-DEFECT STRUCTURE IN EPITAXIAL YBA2CU3O7-X THIN-FILMS PHYSICAL REVIEW B Marshall, A. F., Barton, R. W., Char, K., Kapitulnik, A., Oh, B., Hammond, R. H., LADERMAN, S. S. 1988; 37 (16): 9353-9358
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