Published December 1, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Tunneling measurements of the energy gap in the high-Tc superconductor Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10+δ

  • 1. Laboratorio de Fisica de Bajas Temperaturas, C-III, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain. (Spain)
  • 2. Department of Solid State Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. (Sweden)

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The tunneling I-V characteristic curves have been studied for a ceramic sample of Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10+δ using a scanning tunneling microscope. We have found two kinds of curves which are interpreted as due to the tunneling in superconductor--insulator--normal-metal and superconductor-insulator-superconductor junctions. Although the Tc of the intervenient superconducting regions are unknown, values of 2Δ/kBTc are around the BCS value 3.5 using the Tc obtained by resistance measurements

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
16
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
11403-11405
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD