Tunneling into current-carrying surface states of high-T-c superconductors

被引:498
作者
Fogelstrom, M [1 ]
Rainer, D [1 ]
Sauls, JA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BAYREUTH,INST PHYS,D-8580 BAYREUTH,GERMANY
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.281
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Theoretical results for the ab-plane tunneling conductance in the d-wave model for high-T-c superconductors are presented. The d-wave model predicts surface bound states below the maximum gap. A subdominant order parameter, stabilized by the surface, leads to a splitting of the zero-bias conductance peak (ZBCP) in zero external field and to spontaneous surface currents. In a magnetic field, screening currents shift the bound state spectrum, leading to a splitting of the ZBCP that is linear in H at low fields and saturates at a pair breaking critical field of order H-c(*) similar or equal to 3 T.
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