TUNNELING MEASUREMENTS ON SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR SUPERCONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS USING SINGLE-CRYSTAL YBA2CU3O7-X THIN-FILMS

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HIRATA, K
YAMAMOTO, K
IIJIMA, K
TAKADA, J
TERASHIMA, T
BANDO, Y
MAZAKI, H
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[1] RES INST PROD DEV,KYOTO 606,JAPAN
[2] KYOTO UNIV,INST CHEM RES,UJI,KYOTO 611,JAPAN
[3] NATL DEF ACAD,DEPT MATH & PHYS,YOKOSUKA,KANAGAWA 239,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.103311
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We have, for the first time, made quasi-particle tunneling measurements on a YBa2Cu3O7-x(001)/Y2O3 (001)/YBa2 Cu3 O7-x (001)junction, which was epitaxially grown on a MgO(100) substrate in an in-situ process. Both layers of YBa2 Cu3 O7-x showed the same superconducting transition of Tc end =86 K with ΔT(R=10-90%)=1.5 K. Quasi-particle tunneling in the direction perpendicular to the Cu-O planes was measured. A gap parameter Δ(4.5 K) of 9.0±0.2 meV and a value of 2Δ/kTc of 3.5+0.4-0.6 were obtained.
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