Abstract
The superconducting gap, the pseudogap, and their doping and temperature dependences have been measured by the short-pulse interlayer tunneling spectroscopy for the triple-layer superconducting system. It is found for a nearly optimally doped sample that the superconducting gap magnitude is and the pseudogap is ≈120 meV, the values of which are slightly larger than those for double-layer system. Both gap magnitudes show a clear tendency to decrease with increasing doping. In an underdoped sample, a clear dip-and-hump structure is observed, which declines with increasing doping and tends to diminish in overdoped samples. The relationship between unchanged and decreasing superconducting gap in the overdoped region is discussed in terms of the proximity effect applied to the inequivalent doping model. We also discuss the dip-and-hump structure in comparison with other spectroscopic results. Finally, we argue an important implication of the increasing maximum Josephson current and the decreasing superconducting gap magnitude, both with increasing doping.
- Received 7 December 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.054533
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