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Spin-triplet superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ probed by Andreev reflection

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The superconducting gap function of Sr2_2RuO4_4 was investigated by means of quasiparticle reflection and transmission at the normal conductor-superconductor interface of Sr2_2RuO4_4-Pt point contacts. We found two distinguishly different types of dV/dIdV/dI vs VV spectra either with a double-minimum structure or with a zero-bias conductance anomaly. Both types of spectra are expected in the limit of high and low transparency, respectively, of the interface barrier between a normal metal and a spin-triplet superconductor. Together with the temperature dependence of the spectra this result strongly supports a spin-triplet superconducting order parameter for Sr2_2RuO4_4.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907267,
  title  = {Spin-triplet superconductivity in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ probed by Andreev reflection},
  author = {F. Laube and G. Goll and H. v. Löhneysen and M. Fogelström and F. Lichtenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907267},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, published version