Investigation of the superconducting energy gap in the compound LuNi2B2C by the method of point contact spectroscopy: two-gap approximation

Experimental Methods and Applications

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  • N.L. Bobrov B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103, Ukraine
  • S.I. Beloborod`ko B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103, Ukraine
  • L.V. Tyutrina B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103, Ukraine
  • V.N. Chernobay B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103, Ukraine
  • I.K. Yanson B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 47 Lenin Ave., Kharkov 61103, Ukraine
  • D.G. Naugle Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-4242, USA
  • K.D.D. Rathnayaka Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-4242, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2199452

Ключові слова:

point contacts, two-gap approximation.

Анотація

It is shown that the two-gap approximation is applicable for describing the dV/dI(V) spectra of LuNi2B2C–Ag point contacts in a wide interval of temperatures. The values and the temperature dependences of the large and the small gaps in the ab plane and in the c direction were estimated using the generalized BTK model [A. Plecenik, M. Grajacar, S. Benacka P. Seidel, A. Pfuch, Phys. Rev. B49, 10016 (1994)]] and the equations of [S.I. Beloborodko, Fiz. Nizk. Temp. 29, 868 (2003) [Low Temp. Phys. 29, 650 (2003)]. In the BCS extrapolation the critical temperature of the small gap is 10 K in the ab plane and 14.5 K in the c direction. The absolute values of the gaps are D0ab = 2.16 meV and D0c = 1.94 meV. For the large gaps the critical temperature Tc coincides with the bulk, Tcbulk = 16.8 K, and their absolute values are very close, being about 3 meV in both orientations. In the c direction the contributions to the conductivity from the small and the large gaps remain practically identical up to 10–11 K. In the ab plane the contribution from the small gap is much smaller and decreases rapidly as a temperature rises.

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2006-03-20

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Bobrov, N.; Beloborod`ko, S.; Tyutrina, L.; Chernobay, V.; Yanson, I.; Naugle, D.; Rathnayaka, K. Investigation of the Superconducting Energy Gap in the Compound LuNi2B2C by the Method of Point Contact Spectroscopy: Two-Gap Approximation: Experimental Methods and Applications. Fiz. Nizk. Temp. 2006, 32, 641-650.

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