Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-08-20
Supercond. Sci. Technol. 23 (2010) 022001
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Published version
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-2048/23/2/022001
Point contact Andreev reflection spectra have been taken as a function of temperature and magnetic field on the polycrystalline form of the newly discovered iron-based superconductor Sr2ScFePO3. A zero bias conductance peak which disappears at the superconducting transition temperature, dominates all of the spectra. Data taken in high magnetic fields show that this feature survives until 7T at 2K and a flattening of the feature is observed in some contacts. Here we inspect whether these observations can be interpreted within a d-wave, or nodal order parameter framework which would be consistent with the recent theoretical model where the height of the P in the Fe-P-Fe plane is key to the symmetry of the superconductivity. However, in polycrystalline samples care must be taken when examining Andreev spectra to eliminate or take into account artefacts associated with the possible effects of Josephson junctions and random alignment of grains.
Caplin A. D.
Cohen Lesley F.
Gilbertson A. M.
Moore Johanna D.
Morrison Kent
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