Break-Junction Tunneling on MgB_2

Details Break-Junction Tunneling on MgB_2 Break-Junction Tunneling on MgB_2

2002-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209447v2

Physica C 385 (2003) 221-232

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages, 10 pictures, accepted for publication in a special issue of Physica C on MgB2, minor changes

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02317-1

Tunneling data on magnesium diboride, MgB_2, are reviewed with a particular focus on superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) junctions formed by a break-junction method. The collective tunneling literature reveals two distinct energy scales, a large gap, Delta_L~7.2 meV, close to the expected BCS value, and a small gap, Delta_S~2.4 meV. The SIS break junctions show clearly that the small gap closes near the bulk critical temperature, T_c=39 K. The SIS spectra allow proximity effects to be ruled out as the cause for the small gap and therefore make a strong case that MgB_2 is a coupled, two-band superconductor. While the break junctions sometimes reveal parallel contributions to the conductance from both bands, it is more often found that Delta_S dominates the spectra. In these cases, a subtle feature is observed near Delta_S+Delta_L that is reminiscent of strong-coupling effects. This feature is consistent with quasiparticle scattering contributions to the interband coupling which provides an important insight into the nature of two-band superconductivity in MgB_2.

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