POINT-CONTACT TUNNELING STUDY OF HGBA2CUO4+DELTA - BCS-LIKE GAP STRUCTURE

被引:49
作者
CHEN, J [1 ]
ZASADZINSKI, JF [1 ]
GRAY, KE [1 ]
WAGNER, JL [1 ]
HINKS, DG [1 ]
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,TECHNOL CTR SUPERCOND,ARGONNE,IL 60439
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.3683
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report on point-contact tunneling into polycrystalline HgBa2CuO4+delta superconductors with a T-c onset of 97 K. Tunneling data follow the general trend of the best curves seen in cuprate high-temperature superconductors, but these show significantly lower and flatter subgap conductance values than any other cuprate and they can be reproducibly obtained. By fitting the data to a smeared BCS density of states, the energy gap has been determined and the smearing parameter is so small that it is comparable to thermal smearing.
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页码:3683 / 3686
页数:4
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