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    Modification of Al-Oxide Tunnel Barriers With Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers
    (American Institute of Physics, 1999) Okur, Salih; Zasadzinski, John F.
    Al-oxide tunneling barriers were modified by exposure to a vapor of n-octadecyltrimethoxysilane which forms self-assembled monolayers. The dynamic conductance dI/dV of the modified Al-oxide barrier between Al and Pb electrodes was measured at 4.2 K. Quasilinear conductance backgrounds are observed up to 200 mV with a strength that increases with increasing exposure time from 10 to 60 min. A saturation effect is observed around 200 mV. Beyond 200 mV the dynamic conductance shows a parabolic behavior indicative of elastic tunneling from an asymmetric barrier. The linear background is attributed to inelastic tunneling from a continuum of excitations
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    Tunneling Spectroscopy of Tl2ba2cuo6
    (Elsevier Ltd., 1999) Özyüzer, Lütfi; Yusof, Zikri; Zasadzinski, John F.; Li, Ting-Wei; Hinks, David G.; Gray, Kenneth E.
    New results from tunneling spectroscopies on near optimally doped single crystals of Tl2Ba2CuO6 (Tl-2201) junctions are presented. The superconductor-insulator-normal metal (SIN) tunnel junctions are obtained using the point-contact technique with a Au tip. The tunneling conductances reproducibly show a sharp cusp-like subgap, prominent quasiparticle peaks with a consistent asymmetry, and weakly decreasing backgrounds. A rigorous analysis of the SIN tunneling data is performed using two different models for the dx(2)-y(2) (d-wave) density of states (DOS). Based on these and earlier results, the tunneling DOS of Tl-2201 has exhibited the most reproducible data that are consistent with a d-wave gap symmetry. We show that the dip feature at 2 Δ that is, clearly seen in SIN tunneling data of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ is also present in Tl-2201, but at a weaker level. The gap values for crystals with a bulk Tc = 86 K are in the range of 19-25 meV.
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    Predominantly Superconducting Origin of Large Energy Gaps in Underdoped Bi2sr2cacu2o8+? From Tunneling Spectroscopy
    (American Physical Society, 1999) Miyakawa, Nobuaki; Zasadzinski, John F.; Özyüzer, Lütfi; Guptasarma, Prasenjit; Hinks, David G.; Kendziora, Christopher A.; Gray, Kenneth E.
    New tunneling data are reported in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ which show quasiparticle excitation gaps, Δ, reaching values as high as 60 meV for underdoped crystals with Tc = 70 K. These energy gaps are nearly 3 times larger than those of overdoped crystals with similar Tc. Despite the large differences in gap magnitude, the tunneling spectra display qualitatively similar characteristics over the entire doping range. Detailed examination of the spectra, including the Josephson IcRn product measured in break junctions, indicates that these energy gaps are predominantly of superconducting origin.