Zero-bias conductance and energy gap measurements in junctions
D Kumar; K M Satyalakshmi; M S Hegde; Rajiv K Singh; P R Apte; R Pinto; Clinton B Lee
Журнал:
Superconductor Science and Technology
Дата:
1998-08-01
Аннотация:
Conductance measurements of junctions between a high- superconductor and a metallic oxide have been carried out along the a-b plane to examine the tunnel-junction spectra. For these measurements, in situ films have been grown on c-axis oriented thin films using the pulsed laser deposition technique. Two distinctive energy gaps have been observed along with conductance peaks around zero bias. The analysis of zero-bias conductance and energy gap data suggests the presence of midgap states located at the centre of a finite energy gap. The results obtained are also in accordance with the d-wave nature of high- superconductors.
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