c-axis tunneling on YBCO films

Authors
Dagan, Y Kohen, A Deutscher, G
Citation
Y. Dagan et al., c-axis tunneling on YBCO films, EUR PHY J B, 19(3), 2001, pp. 353-356
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B
ISSN journal
14346028 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
353 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6028(200102)19:3<353:CTOYF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We have measured I(V) characteristics of c-axis planar tunnel junctions on Y1Ba2CU3O7-delta films. Our results and their analysis provide experimental support for the importance of the two-dimensional character of the YBCO ba nd structure, and a method to measure the ratio between the Fermi energy of YBCO and the barrier height. The analysis is based on the relation between the linear conductance background, related to the inelastic tunneling comp onent, and the zero bias conductance, related to the elastic one.