Evolution of Current-Voltage Characteristics in Bi 2Sr 2CaCu 2O 8 Intrinsic Tunnel Josephson Junctions
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 35 (6B) , L762-765
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.35.l762
Abstract
A series of unique current-voltage characteristics are observed as a function of temperature for a stack of 18 intrinsic tunnel Josephson junctions fabricated on an underdoped \BSCCO single crystal. The characteristics at low temperatures below T c clearly show a superconducting energy gap of about 24 meV, which is suppressed significantly by the nonequilibrium superconductivity effect. On the other hand, the characteristics above T c are nonlinear up to 180 K, which cannot be explained within the framework of conventional tunnel Josephson junctions. This nonlinearity is interpreted to provide evidence for the evolution of a pseudogap, or most likely a spin gap, in this system. The semiconductive temperature dependence of the c-axis resistivity is also explained consistently in terms of this pseudogap.Keywords
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