Tunneling into Andreev bound states of YBa2Cu3O7: Observation of broken time-reversal symmetry

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 59, Issue 10-12, 1998, Pages 2021-2025

  Greene, L H ^a   Covington, M ^a,b   Aprili, M ^a,c   Paraoanu, E ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c 91405 Orsay Campus   (France)

Author keywords

A. Thin films; Electronic transport; High tc superconductivity; Highly correlated electron systems; Surfaces and interfaces; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLAYERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

ANDREEV BOUND STATES; ZERO-BIAS CONDUCTANCE PEAK (ZBCP);

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0032179973     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(98)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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