MCMILLAN-ROWELL TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY IN THE NB-ZR SYSTEM

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作者
WOLF, EL [1 ]
NOER, RJ [1 ]
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[1] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,AMES,IA 50011
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10.1016/0038-1098(79)90658-6
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report the first full application of tunneling spectroscopy to a superconducting transition metal alloy: Nb1-xZrx at x = 0.25, corresponding to the maximum Tc in the Nb-Zr system. The spectral function α2 F(ω) and related parameters, when compared to those for the Nb, confirm that the increase in Tc from 9.22 K (x = 0) to 10.8 K(x = 0.25) arises largely by softening of the effective phonon spectrum. © 1979.
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