Abstract
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements performed on La 0.7Ca 0.3Mn 3O (LCMO) films epitaxially grown on Pr 1.85Ce 0.15CuO 4 (PCCO) reveal localized penetration of superconductivity into the LCMO up to distances much larger than is possible for Cooper pairs in a singlet spin state to exist. This long-range proximity effect is manifested in the tunneling spectra as gaps and, less abundantly, as zero-bias conductance peaks (ZBCPs). Since ZBCPs were not found on the bare PCCO films, their appearance is attributed to an anisotropic (p wave or d wave) triplet-pairing superconductor order parameter induced in the LCMO.
Original language | American English |
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Article number | 104504 |
Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 10 |
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State | Published - 7 Mar 2012 |