Vortex Imaging in the pi-Band of Magnesium Diboride

M. R. Eskildsen; M. Kugler; S. Tanaka; J. Jun; S. M. Kazakov; J. Karpinski; O . Fischer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.187003

Vortex Imaging in the pi-Band of Magnesium Diboride

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: M. R. Eskildsen , M. Kugler , S. Tanaka , J. Jun , S. M. Kazakov , J. Karpinski , O . Fischer

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Abstract

We report scanning tunneling spectroscopy imaging of the vortex lattice in single crystalline MgB2. By tunneling parallel to the c-axis, a single superconducting gap (Delta = 2.2 meV) associated with the pi-band is observed. The vortices in the pi-band have a large core size compared to estimates based on Hc2, and show an absence of localized states in the core. Furthermore, superconductivity between the vortices is rapidly suppressed by an applied field. These results suggest that superconductivity in the pi-band is, at least partially, induced by the intrinsically superconducting sigma-band.

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MgB2 vortex lattice scanning tunneling spectroscopy pi-band superconducting gap sigma-band

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0207394,
  title  = {Vortex Imaging in the pi-Band of Magnesium Diboride},
  author = {M. R. Eskildsen and M. Kugler and S. Tanaka and J. Jun and S. M. Kazakov and J. Karpinski and O . Fischer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0207394},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Vortex Imaging in the pi-Band of Magnesium Diboride

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