Andreev bound states in high temperature superconductors

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-438

  Alff, L ^a   Kleefisch, S ^a   Schoop, U ^a   Zittartz, M ^a   Kemen, T ^a   Bauch, T ^a   Marx, A ^a   Gross, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

74.25.Fy Transport properties; 74.50.+r Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects; 74.72. h High Tc compounds; 74.76.Bz High Tc films

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

ANDREEV BOUND STATES; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0032295240     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050463     Document Type: Article

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