Interlayer tunneling and gap anisotropy in high-temperature superconductors

Journal Article · Fri Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.261.5119.337· OSTI ID:5830034

Chakravarty, S; Sudbo, A ^[1]; Anderson, P W; Strong, S ^[2]

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1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (United States)
2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

A quantitative analysis of a recent model of high-temperature superconductors based on an interlayer tunneling mechanism is presented. This model can account well for the observed magnitudes of the high transition temperatures in these materials and implies a gap that does not change sign, can be substantially anisotropic, and has the same symmetry as the crystal. The experimental consequences explored so far are consistent with the observations.

• OSTI ID: 5830034
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 261:5119; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ANISOTROPY
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRON SPECTRA
ENERGY GAP
EQUATIONS
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PREDICTION EQUATIONS
SPECTRA
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TUNNEL EFFECT