Published October 14, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Features of the density of states of high-Tc superconductors probed by vacuum tunneling

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
  • 2. Center for the Science and Application of Superconductivity (United States)
  • 3. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois (USA)

Description

A scanning tunneling microscope has been used to study Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox single crystals with transition temperatures of 85 K. Images of atoms and topographical features were obtained at low temperatures and spectra were acquired in the vacuum tunneling mode. Interpretations of the conductance data suggest that 2Δ/kBTc∼8.2. Most significantly, an additional conductance peak at 90 meV, suggesting a localized state, is observed. The latter would appear to support the marginal-Fermi-liquid picture

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
16
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2195-2198
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA