Published August 1, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy gap and Korringa constant in the high-temperature superconductor La/sub 1.83/Sr/sub 0.17/CuO4 determined by NMR

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201

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Polycrystalline samples of La/sub 1.83/Sr/sub 0.17/CuO4 were studied by pulsed nuclear-magnetic-resonance methods on the copper nucleus over a temperature range which included both normal and superconducting phases. A Korringa constant 14 +- 1 K sec and a minimum value for the energy gap 2Δ/k/sub B/T/sub c/ = 1.3 +- 0.2 were found. A comparison of these results with the larger gap reported from infrared absorption and from tunneling experiments indicates that there is substantial anisotropy in the pairing interaction. Homogeneous line narrowing in the superconducting state was observed

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
2378-2381
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD