A theoretical study of tunneling conductance in PrOs4Sb12 superconducting junctions

Yasuhiro Asano, Yukio Tanaka, Yuji Matsuda, and Satoshi Kashiwaya
Phys. Rev. B 68, 184506 – Published 10 November 2003
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Abstract

The tunnel conductance in normal-metal/insulator/ProS4Sb12 junctions is theoretically studied, where skutterudite ProS4Sb12 is considered to be an unconventional superconductor. The conductance is calculated for several pair potentials which have been proposed in recent work. The results show that the conductance is sensitive to the relation between the direction of electric currents and the position of point nodes. The conductance spectra often deviate from the shape of bulk density of states. The sub gap spectra have peak structures in the case of the spin-triplet pair potentials. The results indicate that the tunnel conductance is a useful tool to obtain information of the pairing symmetry.

  • Received 5 June 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.184506

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Yasuhiro Asano*

  • Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

Yukio Tanaka

  • Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan

Yuji Matsuda

  • Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan

Satoshi Kashiwaya

  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan

  • *Electronic address: asano@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

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Vol. 68, Iss. 18 — 1 November 2003

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