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In this chapter I detail the main experimental technique used in this thesis: Spectroscopic-Imaging Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (SI-STM). I outline the theoretical basis for its use as a tunnelling spectroscopy of superconductors as well as data analysis techniques specific to cuprate superconductors. I also give details of the cuprate samples studied.
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Edkins, S. (2017). Spectroscopic-Imaging STM (SI-STM). In: Visualising the Charge and Cooper-Pair Density Waves in Cuprates . Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65975-6_2
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