Abstract
In a comparative Andreev-reflection study of normal-superconductor point contacts on the c plane of , , and crystals at temperatures down to T=30 mK and in a magnetic field up to B=10 T, differences are found in the current-voltage characteristics. The behavior of the differential resistance dV/dI(V) of is attributed to the presence of nodes in the superconducting order parameter Δ(k^) and is compared with theoretical predictions for the symmetry of the pairing state. The data for and point to the absence of zeros in Δ(k^).
- Received 13 October 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2278
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