Point-contact spectroscopy of the nickel borocarbide superconductor YNi2B2C in the normal and superconducting state
arXiv:cond-mat/0611441 · doi:10.1007/s10909-007-9327-8
Abstract
Point-contact (PC) spectroscopy measurements of YNi2B2C single crystals in the normal and superconducting (SC) state (T_c=15.4K) for the main crystallographic directions are reported. The PC study reveals the electron-phonon interaction (EPI) spectral function with dominant phonon maximum around 12 meV and further weak structures (hump or kink) at higher energy at about 50 meV. No "soft" modes below 12 meV are resolved in the normal state. The PC EPI spectra are qualitatively similar for the different directions. Contrary, directional study of the SC gap results in Δ_[100]=1.5 meV for the a direction and Δ_[001]=2.3 meV along the c axis; however the critical temperature T_c in PC in all cases is near to that in the bulk sample. The value 2Δ_[001]/kT_c=3.6 is close to the BCS value of 3.52, and the temperature dependence Δ_[001](T) is BCS-like, while the for small gap Δ_[100](T) is below BCS behavior at T>T_c/2 similarly as in the two-gap superconductor MgB2. It is supposed that the directional variation Δcan be attributed to a multiband nature of the SC state in YNi2B2C.
arXiv comment9 pages, 10 figures, to be published in a special issue of J. Low Temp. Phys. in honour of Prof. H. von Loehneysen
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