TUNNELING CHARACTERISTICS OF Y1-XPRXBA2CU3O7-Y/PB PLANAR JUNCTIONS

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作者
CHEN, HT [1 ]
CHEN, TT [1 ]
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[1] NATL TSING HUA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,HSINCHU 300,TAIWAN
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PHYSICA C | 1993年 / 213卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0921-4534(93)90770-Q
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have fabricated electron tunneling junctions on thin films of Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7-y, with x = 0-0.45, which were grown by laser ablation on (100) MgO substrates. The tunneling characteristics of the YBCO/Pb and YPBCO/Pb planar junctions were measured. They all exhibited Pb energy gap and phonon structures as well as the gap-like structure of YBCO at 4.2 K. However, no gap-like structure of YPBCO was observed with high Pr concentration. The differential conductance of YPBCO films changes discontinuously both in shape and in value at T(c). A tunneling model is proposed.
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