Electron tunneling spectroscopy on superconducting Al-doped MgB2 thin films: π energy gap and Eliashberg function

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Schneider, R ^a   Zaitsev, A G ^a   De La Pena Seaman O ^a,b   De Coss, R ^b   Heid, R ^a   Bohnen, K P ^a   Geerk, J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

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EID: 77954833012     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.054519     Document Type: Article

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