11 research outputs found

    Effect of kz variation of da2-b2-wave order parameter on c-axis tunneling spectroscopy

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    Tunneling spectroscopy as a probe of c-axis variation of da2−b2-wave order parameter

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    Directional tunnelling spectroscopy of a normal metal-s+gs+g-wave superconductor junction

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    We calculate the normal metal-s+gs+g-wave superconductor tunnelling spectrum for various junction orientations and for two forms of the superconducting gap, one which allows for point nodes and the other which allows for line nodes. For a junction oriented with its normal parallel to the ab plane of the tetragonal superconductor, we find that the tunnelling spectrum is strongly dependent on orientation in the plane. The spectrum contains two peaks at energies equivalent to the magnitudes of the gap function in the direction parallel to the interface normal and in the direction making a π/4\pi/4 angle with the normal. These two peaks appear in both superconductors with point nodes and line nodes, but are more prominent in the latter. For the tunnelling along the c axis, we find a sharp peak at the gap maximum in the conductance spectrum of the superconductor with line nodes, whereas with point nodes we find a peak occurring at the value of the gap function along the c axis. We discuss the relevance of our result to borocarbide systems.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figure

    Josephson effect in a weak link between borocarbides

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    A stationary Josephson effect is analyzed theoretically for a weak link between borocarbide superconductors. It is shown that different models of the order parameter result in qualitatively different current-phase relations

    Discrete-Lattice Model for Surface Bound States and Tunneling in d-Wave Superconductors

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    Surface bound states in a discrete-lattice model of a dx2y2d_{x^2 - y^2} cuprate superconductor are shown to be, in general, coherent superpositions of an incoming excitation and more than one outgoing excitation, and a simple graphical construction based on a surface Brillouin zone is developed to describe their nature. In addition, a momentum-dependent lifetime contribution to the width of these bound states as observed in tunneling experiments is derived and elucidated in physical terms.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, revte

    Realistic Surface Scattering and Surface Bound State Formation in the High T_c Superconductor YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x}

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    Surface Umklapp scattering of quasiparticles, and surface roughness are shown to play essential roles in the formation of the surface bound states in realistic models for YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x}. The results account for the shape, the impurity dependence of the height, and for a proposed universal width of the zero bias conductance peak.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur

    Directional tunnelling spectrscopy of a normal metal -s+g- wave superconductor junction.

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    Effect of gap suppression on the ab-plane conductance spectrum of a normal-metal-da2-b2-wave-superconductor junction

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