JOSEPHSON TUNNELING IN BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTAL BREAK JUNCTIONS

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TAO, HJ [1 ]
LU, FR [1 ]
ZHANG, G [1 ]
WOLF, EL [1 ]
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[1] POLYTECH INST NEW YORK,DEPT PHYS,6 METROTECH CTR,BROOKLYN,NY 11201
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PHYSICA C | 1994年 / 224卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0921-4534(94)90612-2
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Josephson tunneling I-V characteristics have been observed in break junctions of oxygen-annealed Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 (Bi-2212) single crystals, with I(c)R(n) almost-equal-to 21.3 MV, and with a sharp quasiparticle edge at 2DELTA almost-equal-to 2 x 20 mV. This demonstrates that low values of the I(c)R(n) product, thus far as observed in HTS thin-film junctions, do not represent a fundamental limitation. The sharp quasiparticle current rise at eV=2DELTA in these SIS break junctions appears to afford an accurate measurement to be made of a well-defined gap edge.
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