MANIFESTATION OF A CLEAR GAP STRUCTURE FROM POINT-CONTACT AND TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY OF YBA2CU3O7-X AND YBBA2CU3O7-X SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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PONOMAREV, YG
BRANDT, NB
KHI, CS
TCHESNOKOV, SV
TSOKUR, EB
YARYGIN, AV
YUSUPOV, KT
AMINOV, BA
HEIN, MA
MULLER, G
PIEL, H
WEHLER, D
KRESIN, VZ
ROSNER, K
WINZER, K
WOLF, T
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[1] BERG UNIV GESAMTHSCH WUPPERTAL,FACHBEREICH PHYS,D-42097 WUPPERTAL,GERMANY
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[3] UNIV GOTTINGEN,INST PHYS 1,D-37073 GOTTINGEN,GERMANY
[4] KERNFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH,INST TECH PHYS,D-76021 KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1995年 / 52卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.1352
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摘要
Methods of point-contact and tunneling spectroscopy have been used to determine the gap parameter Delta for single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-x and YbBa2Cu3O7-x with critical temperature 60 K less than or equal to T-c less than or equal to 90 K. Sharp dips of the dynamic conductance dI/dV of point contacts at voltages V-n=2 Delta/(en)(n less than or equal to 8-9), as well as a clear gap structure in the I(V) characteristics of tunnel junctions give convincing evidence for the existence of a true superconducting gap in YBa2Cu3O7-x and YbBa2Cu3O7-x single crystals at least at T much less than T-c, as in conventional superconductors.
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