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Multiple-gap tunneling structure observed for the high-Tc superconductors: Charging effects as possible cause

S. T. Ruggiero, J. B. Barner

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.36.8870 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We have observed a tunneling structure for systems of the type Ag-barrier-metal particles-barrier-Ag, which shows gap structure and multiple-conductance peaks as a function of voltage which closely resembles the point-contact tunneling characteristics reported for the high-Tc superconductors. These data suggest that the appearance of multiple conductance peaks is not due to an intrinsic multiplicity of gaps in the high-Tc superconductors but to charging effects related to the granularity of the material.

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