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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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
1550-235X
Volume Title
85
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)