Conductance asymmetry in point-contacts on epitaxial thin films of Ba (Fe0.92Co0.08)2 As2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mehta, Manan ^a   Sheet, Goutam ^a   Dikin, D A ^a   Lee, S ^b   Bark, C W ^b   Jiang, J ^c   Weiss, J D ^c   Hellstrom, E E ^c   Rzchowski, M S ^d   Eom, C B ^b   Chandrasekhar, V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDER PARAMETERS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

BARIUM; EPITAXIAL FILMS; POINT CONTACTS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SILVER;

EID: 77954732134     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3460274     Document Type: Article

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