Charge-density-wave ordering in the stripe phase of underdoped cuprates

The temperature dependences of the in-plane resistivity, ρab(T), and out-of-plane resistivity, ρc(T), of non-superconducting RBa2Cu3O6+x (RBCO) (R = Y, Tm) and Fe-doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi2212) single crystals are discussed. The comparison of the electrical transport properties of the cuprates and the quasi-one-dimensional (1D) (TMTSF)2PF6 organic conductor suggests that RBCO and Bi2212 cuprates exhibit 1D transport properties, and that the steep rise at low temperatures in the ρab and ρc of the cuprates and quasi-1D organic conductor is due to charge-density-wave ordering. (author)