Two regimes in the magnetic field response of superconducting MgB 2

A. Kohen, F. Giubileo (), Th. Proslier, F. Bobba, A. M. Cucolo, W. Sacks, Y. Noat, A. Troianovski and D. Roditchev

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2007, vol. 57, issue 1, 21-25

Abstract: Using Scanning Tunneling Microscope at low temperature we explore the superconducting phase diagram in the π-band of the two-band superconductor MgB 2 . In this band the peculiar shape of the local tunneling spectra and their dynamics in the magnetic field reveal the complex character of the quasiparticle density of states (DOS). The gap in the DOS is first rapidly filled with states in raising the magnetic field up to 0.5 T and then slowly approaches the normal state value: the gap is observed up to 2 T. Such a change in the DOS dynamics suggests the existence of two terms in the DOS of the π-band: a first one, reflecting an intrinsic superconductivity in the band and a second one, originating from an inter-band coupling to the σ-band. Our findings allow a deeper understanding of the unique phase diagram of MgB 2 . Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2007

Keywords: 74.50.+r Tunneling phenomena; point contacts, weak links, Josephson effects, 74.70.Ad Metals; alloys and binary compounds (including A15, MgB2, etc.), 74.25.Ha Magnetic properties, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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