Ballistic quasiparticle propagation and symmetry of the superconducting order parameter

C. Bruder; G. Blatter; T. M. Rice

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.42.4812

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Ballistic quasiparticle propagation and symmetry of the superconducting order parameter

C. Bruder, G. Blatter, T. M. Rice

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.42.4812 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We suggest the study of the ballistic propagation of quasiparticles in anisotropic superconductors as a means to identify the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter. Quasiparticles injected by a point contact could be detected by an array of tunneling junctions. The resulting pattern could be interpreted as a real-space image of the wave-vector dependence of the superconducting gap.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
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