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Elsevier, Physica B: Condensed Matter, (230-232), p. 335-337

DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4526(96)00710-7

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Superconducting tunneling spectroscopy on epitaxial UPd2Al3 thin films

Journal article published in 1997 by Martin Jourdan ORCID, M. Huth, J. Hessert, Hermann Adrian
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Abstract

Results of superconducting tunneling spectroscopy experiments performed on two different types of thin film planar junctions of the heavy-fermion compound UPd2Al3 are presented. Cross-type junctions consist of the heavy-fermion base electrode, an insulating layer of native surface oxide and a metal counter electrode (Au or Ag). The contact resistance was only weakly temperature dependent down to the superconducting transition. In the superconducting regime a strongly reduced zero bias conductivity indicated the junction being of the superconductor-insulator-normal metal type. The observed tunneling density of states is clearly due to the superconducting energy gap of UPd2Al3 and reveals strong deviations from the typical BCS-result. The second type of junction consists of a thick insulater (SiO) covering the UPd2Al3 base electrode with a small hole (20 ?m × 20 ?m) which enables the metal counter electrode to contact the superconductor. The temperature-dependent contact resistance including a step-like reduction at the superconducting transition shows that these junctions are essentially of the superconductor-normal metal type. Their bias dependent conductivity is discussed in the framework of Andreev-reflection supplemented by critical current and heating effects.