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Electron tunneling into superconducting indium and lead films containing the magnetic impurity manganese

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5533706
Tunneling measurements of quench-condensed In-Mn and Pb-Mn alloy films were made. The results were compared with Shiba's theory of superconductors containing magnetic impurities. The localized excited impurity states predicted by Shiba's theory were observed in both alloys. In addition to s-wave scattering, it was necessary to include p- and d-wave scattering of the conduction electrons in the theory in order to explain the experimental data. Partial agreement between the theory and the experimental data was obtained using phase shifts from band calculations by A.B. Kunz. The results on In-Mn also agree with thermal conductivity data.
Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA)
OSTI ID:
5533706
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English