Optical measurements of the superconducting gap in MgB2

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作者
Gorshunov, B
Kuntscher, CA
Haas, P
Dressel, M
Mena, FP
Kuz'menko, AB
van der Marel, D
Muranaka, T
Akimitsu, J
机构
[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Phys 1, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
[2] Ctr Mat Sci, Solid State Phys Lab, NL-9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands
[3] Aoyama Gakuin Univ, Dept Phys, Setagaya Ku, Tokyo 157, Japan
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74.25.Gz Optical properties; 74.70.Ad Metals; alloys and binary compounds (including A15; Laves phases; etc.);
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10.1007/s100510170191
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
Far-infrared reflectivity studies on the polycrystalline intermetallic compound MgB2 with a superconducting transition temperature T-c = 39 K were performed at temperatures 20 K to 300 K. We observe a significant raise of the superconducting-to-normal state reflectivity ratio below 70 cm(-1) with a maximum at about 25-30 cm(-1), which gives a lower estimate of the superconducting gap of 2 Delta (0)approximate to 3-4 meV.
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