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Tunneling spectroscopy measurements on low-leakage junctions of Nd sub 1. 85 Ce sub 0. 15 CuO sub 4 minus y and Ba sub 1 minus x K sub x BiO sub 3

Conference · · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
OSTI ID:5717788
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  1. Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Materials Science and Technology Div.
In this paper tunneling measurements are reported for Nd{sub 1.85}Ce{sub 0.15}CuO{sub 4{minus}y} (NCCO) and Ba{sub 1{minus}x}K{sub x}BiO{sub 3} (BKBO) using the point-contact technique with a Au or Nb tip. The junctions display very low zero-bias conductance values of {lt}1% for BKBO and {approximately} 10% for NCCO, and show sharp conductance peaks at eV = {plus minus} {Delta}. In the case of BKBO, the normalized conductance can be fit with a BCS density of states with thermal smearing only. The energy gaps are in good agreement with optical measurements and lead to values of 2{Delta}/kT{sub c} in the range of 3.5--4.0 for both compounds implying moderate coupling strength.
OSTI ID:
5717788
Report Number(s):
CONF-900944--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 27:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English