SPATIALLY VARYING ENERGY-GAP IN THE CUO CHAINS OF YBA2CU3O7-X DETECTED BY SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY

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作者
EDWARDS, HL [1 ]
DERRO, DJ [1 ]
BARR, AL [1 ]
MARKERT, JT [1 ]
DELOZANNE, AL [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT PHYS,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1387
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O4 [物理学];
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Current-imaging tunneling spectroscopy (CITS) was performed on cold-cleaved single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-x at 20 K. CITS data include I(V) curves taken simultaneously with a topographic scanning tunneling microscopic image. I(V) curves taken on CuO chains show an energy gap of about 20 me V which disappears near oxygen vacancies. We explain several features of large-junction I(V) measurements, photoemission spectroscopy, and single-point I(V) spectroscopy in terms of local effects detected by our CITS measurements. Finally, we consider the possibilities that this energy gap is due to either a charge-density wave or proximity-coupled superconductivity from the CuO2 planes.
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页码:1387 / 1390
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