MgB2 Energy Gap Determination by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

Details MgB2 Energy Gap Determination by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy MgB2 Energy Gap Determination by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

2002-12-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212194v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

24 pages, 8 figures Text changes and corrected fits in figures Submitted to Superconductor Science and Technology

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We report scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements of the gap properties of both ceramic MgB2 and c-axis oriented epitaxial MgB2 thin films. Both show a temperature dependent zero bias conductance peak and evidence for two superconducting gaps. We report tunneling spectroscopy of superconductor-insulator-superconductor (S-I-S) junctions formed in two ways in addition to normal metal-insulator-superconductor (N-I-S) junctions. We find a gap delta=2.3-2.8 meV, with spectral features and temperature dependence that are consistent between S-I-S junction types. In addition, we observe evidence of a second, larger gap, delta=7.2 meV, consistent with a proposed two-band model.

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