GAP OBSERVATION BY TUNNELING MEASUREMENT ON SUPERCONDUCTING BA1-XKXBIO3 THIN-FILM - A FINITE-ENERGY GAP IN BA1-XKXBIO3

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作者
SATO, H
TAKAGI, H
UCHIDA, S
机构
[1] Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
来源
PHYSICA C | 1990年 / 169卷 / 5-6期
关键词
Barium Compounds--Thin Films - Ceramic Materials - Electrons--Tunneling;
D O I
10.1016/0921-4534(90)90582-Y
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Tunneling measurements were performed on highly oriented sputtered thin films of Ba0.6K0.4BiO3 with Tc=23 K. The observed conductance spectrum clearly indicated a finite superconducting energy gap in this sytem, contrary to the previous report on polycrystalline samples. From the fit to the BCS theory, 2Δ(0)/kBTc=3.7±0.5 was obtained. © 1990.
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