A theoretical study of tunneling conductance in PrOs4Sb12 superconducting junctions

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Asano, Y [1 ]
Tanaka, Y
Matsuda, Y
Kashiwaya, S
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[1] Hokkaido Univ, Dept Appl Phys, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608628, Japan
[2] Nagoya Univ, Dept Appl Phys, Nagoya, Aichi 4648603, Japan
[3] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, Chiba 2778581, Japan
[4] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevB.68.184506
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The tunnel conductance in normal-metal/insulator/ProS(4)Sb(12) junctions is theoretically studied, where skutterudite ProS(4)Sb(12) is considered to be an unconventional superconductor. The conductance is calculated for several pair potentials which have been proposed in recent work. The results show that the conductance is sensitive to the relation between the direction of electric currents and the position of point nodes. The conductance spectra often deviate from the shape of bulk density of states. The sub gap spectra have peak structures in the case of the spin-triplet pair potentials. The results indicate that the tunnel conductance is a useful tool to obtain information of the pairing symmetry.
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