Tunneling Spectroscopy of Overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d Single Crystals
arXiv:cond-mat/9807389 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.3629
Abstract
The point contact tunneling technique is used to examine quasiparticle and Josephson currents in overdoped BiSrCaCuO (Bi-2212) single crystals with bulk T values near 62 K. High quality superconductor-insulator-normal metal (SIN) tunnel junctions are formed between Bi-2212 crystals and a Au tip, which display well-resolved quasiparticle gap features including sharp conductance peaks. Reproducible superconductor- insulator-superconductor (SIS) tunnel junctions are also obtained between two pieces of the Bi-2212 crystals, resulting in simultaneous quasiparticle and Josephson currents. Superconducting gap values are obtained from the SIS data using a model with d-wave symmetry. The SIS tunneling conductances also show very pronounced symmetric dips and humps at high bias voltages. The high bias conductance data reveal that the dip and hump features are part of a larger spectrum that extends out to 300-400 mV. The dynamic conductances of both SIN and SIS junctions are qualitatively similar to those found on optimally-doped Bi-2212 but with reduced gap values (=15-20 meV). The maximum Josephson current depends on junction resistance in a manner consistent with Ambegaokar-Baratoff theory but with a reduced product of 2.4 mV.
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