TUNNEL-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS OF YBA2CU3O7-Y/CEO2/YBA2CU3O7-Y JUNCTIONS AND POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF EXCITATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

被引:13
作者
IGUCHI, I
KUSUMORI, T
机构
[1] Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 46卷 / 17期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.11175
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The tunnel-like characteristics observed in YBa2Cu3O7-y/CeO2/YBa2Cu3O7-y heteroepitaxial junctions fabricated by a vacuum evaporation technique are reported. Pronounced gaplike structures around 9 and 20 mV, which depend on temperature and the additional structures at high-bias voltages (40-180 mV), are observable. The latter structures emerge rapidly near T(c) and may reflect the density of states of the possible excitations responsible for high-T(c) superconductivity. The data suggest that the excitations other than phonons are possible.
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