Energy gap structure and tunneling characteristics of layered superconductors
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
The authors have analyzed the energy gaps and density-of-states (DOS) of layered superconductors with two inequivalent layers in a unit cell along the c-axis. In the physically interesting parameter range where the interlayer hopping strengths of the quasiparticles are comparable to the critical temperature, the peaks in the DOS curve do not correspond to the order parameters (OP`s) of each layer, but depend on the OP`s and the interlayer hopping strengths in a complex manner. In contrast to a BCS superconductor, the DOS of layered systems have logarithmic singularities. The simulated tunneling characteristics bear close resemblance to experimental results.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 29426
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/PP--79992; ON: DE95005879
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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