SUPERCONDUCTING ENERGY GAPS IN YBA2CU3O7 AND BI2SR2CACU2O8

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作者
EKINO, T [1 ]
MINAMI, T [1 ]
FUJII, H [1 ]
AKIMITSU, J [1 ]
机构
[1] AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,SETAGAYA KU,TOKYO 157,JAPAN
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PHYSICA C | 1994年 / 235卷
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10.1016/0921-4534(94)92171-7
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report tunneling measurements of the superconducting energy gaps in YBa2Cu3O7 and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 using break junctions. The differential conductance dI/dV at T = 4.2 K shows no leakage around zero bias, while the gap-edge peaks in dI/dV are somewhat broadened compared to the simple BCS density of states. This strongly suggests an s-wave superconductivity with an anisotropic gap. From the best data, we obtain a result that the gap anisotropy in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 is larger than that in YBa2Cu3O7.
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