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Split of zero-bias conductance peak in normal-metal / d-wave superconductor junctions

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v4 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Effects of impurity scatterings on the conductance in normal-metal / dd wave superconductor junctions are discussed by using the single-site approximation. So far, the split of the zero-bias conductance peak has been believed to be an evidence of the broken time reversal symmetry states at the surface of high-TcT_c superconductors. In this paper, however, it is shown that the impurity scattering near the interface also causes the split of the zero-bias conductance peak. Typical conductance spectra observed in experiments at finite temperatures and under external magnetic fields are explained well by the present theory.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0302287,
  title  = {Split of zero-bias conductance peak in normal-metal / d-wave superconductor junctions},
  author = {Y. Yasano and Y. Tanaka and S. Kashiwaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0302287},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages, revised version