Tunneling and anisotropic charge transport properties of superconducting (110)-oriented YBa2Cu3O7 thin films

Abstract
We have measured the tunneling conductance of YBa2Cu3O7/Pb planar tunnel junctions fabricated on superconducting (110)‐oriented YBa2Cu3O7 thin films exhibiting zero‐resistance superconducting transition temperatures (Tc’s) between 88 and 89.5 K. The conductance is the same as we and other groups have measured on (100)‐ and (103)‐oriented YBa2Cu3O7/Pb junctions and quantitatively different from c‐axis tunneling. The ab‐plane transport is comparable to that measured in (001)‐oriented YBa2Cu3O7 thin films, and the transport anisotropy varies between 65 and 80 from 300 K to Tc, respectively. This anisotropy is higher than that previously measured in both (110)‐oriented and c‐axis aligned (100)‐oriented films, but it is comparable to that measured in single crystals.