Point contact spectroscopy measurements of αt-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 : an alternative interpretation

Abstract

We report on point contact measurements on the organic superconductor αt-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 (Tc~8K). The dV/dI vs V characteristics of homocontacts of this material show strong nonlinearities which, interpreted as a gap-structure, lead to extremly high values of Δ/κTc. Among other possibilities, we discuss the anomaly in terms of a strongly enhanced McMillan-Rowell structure Δ(ε) at ε = Δ BCS + α ph. The enhancement is caused by deviations from Eliashberg equations due to strong coupling (λ = 1-2) together with an Einstein phonon spectrum

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