LOW-TEMPERATURE SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF SINGLE-CRYSTALS OF THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR BI2SR2CACU2O8, CLEAVED IN-SITU AND AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE

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作者
HANCOTTE, H [1 ]
DAVYDOV, DN [1 ]
YE, M [1 ]
DELTOUR, R [1 ]
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[1] FREE UNIV BRUSSELS,B-1050 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
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PHYSICA B | 1995年 / 204卷 / 1-4期
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10.1016/0921-4526(94)00265-W
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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A low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope is used for simultaneous topography and superconducting energy gap measurements of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d (Bi2212) single crystals. The samples were cleaved either in situ at 4.2 K or at room temperature with the surface parallel to the a-b planes. The interpretation of the conductance data suggests a superconducting gap value along the c-direction 2 Delta/k(B)T(c) approximate to 9 for the room temperature cleaved crystals and 2 Delta/k(B)T(c) approximate to 6.7 for the low-temperature cleaved samples.
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