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Evidence for anisotropic triplet superconductor order parameter in half-metallic ferromagnetic La0.7Ca0.3Mn3O proximity coupled to superconducting Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4


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Article

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Authors

Kalcheim, Y 
Millo, O 
Egilmez, M 
Robinson, JWA 
Blamire, MG 

Abstract

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements performed on La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO_3 (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.

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Keywords

EXCHANGE FIELD, HETEROSTRUCTURES, NANOSTRUCTURES, SUPERCURRENTS, FILMS, WAVE

Journal Title

PHYS REV B

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Journal ISSN

1098-0121
1550-235X

Volume Title

85

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)