Scanning Josephson tunneling microscopy of single-crystal Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+delta} with a conventional superconducting tip

We have performed both Josephson and quasiparticle tunneling in vacuum tunnel junctions formed between a conventional superconducting scanning tunneling microscope tip and overdoped Bi_{2}Sr_{2}CaCu_{2}O_{8+delta} single crystals. A Josephson current is observed with a peak centered at a small finite voltage due to the thermal-fluctuation-dominated superconducting phase dynamics. Josephson measurements at different surface locations yield local values for the Josephson I_{C}R_{N} product. Corresponding energy gap measurements were also performed and a surprising inverse correlation was observed between the local I_{C}R_{N} product and the local energy gap.

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2008

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2008

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:101

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Physical review letters - 101(2008), 3 vom: 18. Juli, Seite 037002

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kimura, Hikari [VerfasserIn]
Barber, R P [VerfasserIn]
Ono, S [VerfasserIn]
Ando, Yoichi [VerfasserIn]
Dynes, R C [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article

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Date Completed 16.09.2008

Date Revised 03.09.2008

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM182168980