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Andreev Bound States in High Temperature Superconductors
Andreev bound states (ABS) at the surface of superconductors are expected for
any pair potential showing a sign change in different k-directions with their
spectral weight depending on the relative orientation of the surface and the
pair potential. We report on the observation of ABS in HTS employing tunneling
spectroscopy on bicrystal grain boundary Josephson junctions (GBJs). The
tunneling spectra were studied as a function of temperature and applied
magnetic field. The tunneling spectra of GBJ formed by YBCO, BSCCO, and LSCO
show a pronounced zero bias conductance peak that can be interpreted in terms
of Andreev bound states at zero energy that are expected at the surface of HTS
having a d-wave symmetry of the order parameter. In contrast, for the most
likely s-wave HTS NCCO no zero bias conductance peak was observed. Applying a
magnetic field results in a shift of spectral weight from zero to finite
energy. This shift is found to depend nonlinearly on the applied magnetic
field. Further consequences of the Andreev bound states are discussed and
experimental evidence for anomalous Meissner currents is presented.Comment: 17 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Eur. Phys. J.
Superconducting NdCeCuO Bicrystal Grain Boundary Josephson Junctions
We have studied the electric transport properties of symmetrical [001] tilt
NdCeCuO bicrystal grain boundary Josephson junctions (GBJs) fabricated on SrTiO
bicrystal substrates with misorientation angles of 24 and 36.8 degree. The
superconducting properties of the NdCeCuO-GBJs are similar to those of GBJs
fabricated from the hole doped high temperature superconductors (HTS). The
critical current density Jc decreases strongly with increasing misorientation
angle. The products of the critical current Ic and the normal resistance Rn
(about 0.1 mV at 4.2 K) are small compared to the gap voltage and fit well to
the universal scaling law (IcRn is proportional to the square root of Jc) found
for GBJs fabricated from the hole doped HTS. This suggests that the symmetry of
the order parameter, which most likely is different for the electron and the
hole doped HTS has little influence on the characteristic properties of
symmetrical [001] tilt GBJs.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Applied Physics Letter
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Anomalous Low Temperature Behavior of Superconducting Nd(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y)
We have measured the temperature dependence of the in-plane London
penetration depth lambda(T) and the maximum Josephson current Ic(T) using
bicrystal grain boundary Josephson junctions of the electron-doped cuprate
superconductor Nd(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y). Both quantities reveal an anomalous
temperature dependence below about 4 K. In contrast to the usual monotonous
decrease (increase) of lambda(T) (Ic(T)) with decreasing temperature, lambda(T)
and Ic(T) are found to increase and decrease, respectively, with decreasing
temperature below 4 K resulting in a non-monotonous overall temperature
dependence. This anomalous behavior was found to be absent in analogous
measurements performed on Pr(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y). From this we conclude that
the anomalous behavior of Nd(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y) is caused by the presence of
the Nd3+ paramagnetic moments. Correcting the measured lambda(T) dependence of
Nd(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y) for the temperature dependent susceptibility due to
the Nd moments, an exponential dependence is obtained indicating isotropic
s-wave pairing. This result is fully consistent with the lambda(T) dependence
measured for Pr(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y).Comment: 4 pages including 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Possible pseudogap behavior of electron doped high-temperature superconductors
We have measured the low-energy quasiparticle excitation spectrum of the
electron doped high-temperature superconductors (HTS) Nd(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y)
and Pr(1.85)Ce(0.15)CuO(4-y) as a function of temperature and applied magnetic
field using tunneling spectroscopy. At zero magnetic field, for these optimum
doped samples no excitation gap is observed in the tunneling spectra above the
transition temperature Tc. In contrast, below Tc for applied magnetic fields
well above the resistively determined upper critical field, a clear excitation
gap at the Fermi level is found which is comparable to the superconducting
energy gap below Tc. Possible interpretations of this observation are the
existence of a normal state pseudogap in the electron doped HTS or the
existence of a spatially non-uniform superconducting state.Comment: 4 pages, 4 ps-figures included, to be published in Phys. Rev. B,
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Hall-Lorenz ratio of YBa2Cu3O7 using Ionization energy based Fermi-Dirac statistics and charge-spin separation
The temperature dependent properties of heat capacity, heat conductivity and
Hall-Lorenz ratio have been solved numerically after taking the previously
proposed ionization energy based Fermi-Dirac statistics and the coexistence of
Fermi and charge-spin separated liquid into account. The
thermo-magneto-electronic properties are entirely for spin and charge carriers,
hence the phonon contribution has been neglected. A linear dependence between
the Hall-Lorenz ratio and temperature () is also obtained in accordance with
the experimental results for overdoped YBaCuO, if these
conditions, with respect to resistivity and there are no spinon
pairings ( = 0) are satisfied. Heat conductivity based on both pure and
electron-contaminated charge-spin separated liquid in -planes above
are found to increase with decreasing as a consequence of inverse
proportionality with . The -dependence of heat capacity are also
highlighted, which qualitatively complies with the experimental findings.Comment: To be published in Physica
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