Aspects of proximity effect in tunneling and point-contact spectroscopies of high-critical-temperature superconductors

Francesco Tafuri; Alessandro Di Chiara; Fabrizio Fontana; Giuseppe Peluso

doi:10.1117/12.182700

10 August 1994 Aspects of proximity effect in tunneling and point-contact spectroscopies of high-critical-temperature superconductors

Francesco Tafuri, Alessandro Di Chiara, Fabrizio Fontana, Giuseppe Peluso

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Proceedings Volume 2158, Oxide Superconductor Physics and Nano-Engineering; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182700
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper the possibility that high critical temperature superconductor (HCTS) electrodes are non homogeneous is considered. The effect of such a configuration on current vs. voltage characteristics in HCTS junctions is analyzed and modelled in significative limits. Typical features, such as the depression of gap structures and finite zero bias conductances, are explained according to the proposed model. This last is based on arguments of proximity effect between weakly coupled bilayers (superconductor--normal metal). It allows to study tunnel and point contact (PCJ) junctions, providing results qualitatively different from classical theories on PCJ. The low transmissive nature of such an interface seems to play a fundamental role in determining current vs. voltage characteristics in HCTS junctions. The results of the presented model suggest also PCJ as a sensitive tool to evaluate the transmission probability of interfaces between a superconductor and a metal.

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Francesco Tafuri, Alessandro Di Chiara, Fabrizio Fontana, and Giuseppe Peluso "Aspects of proximity effect in tunneling and point-contact spectroscopies of high-critical-temperature superconductors", Proc. SPIE 2158, Oxide Superconductor Physics and Nano-Engineering, (10 August 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.182700

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