Evidence for anisotropic triplet superconductor order parameter in half-metallic ferromagnetic La 0.7Ca 0.3Mn 3O proximity coupled to superconducting Pr 1.85Ce 0.15CuO 4

Y. Kalcheim*, O. Millo, M. Egilmez, J. W.A. Robinson, M. G. Blamire

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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 languageEnglish
Article number104504
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume85
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Mar 2012

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