Tunneling Spectroscopy on c-axis Y{1-x}Ca{x}Ba2Cu3O{7-delta} Thin Films
arXiv:cond-mat/0703423 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.177003
Abstract
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy was performed on c-axis Y{1-x}Ca{x}Ba2Cu3O{7-delta} thin films for x= 0, 0.05, 0.15 and 0.20 at 4.2K. The measured spectra show main-gap, sub-gap and satellite features which scale similarly in energy versus Ca-doping, suggesting that they are associated with a single pairing energy. The data is analyzed with a multiband tunneling model which attributes the sub-gap features to the chain band and the satellite and main-gap features to the plane band for d+s pairing symmetry. These results suggest that the superconductivity in Y{1-x}Ca{x}Ba2Cu3O{7-delta} involves multiple bands.
4 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Physical Review Letters