Fingerprints of possible even-parity superconducting states in Sr2RuO4 detected by planar tunneling spectroscopy
Abstract
After more than 25 years of research, three even-parity superconducting states -- the d+id-wave, d+ig-wave, and s+id-wave states -- have emerged as leading candidates for the superconducting states of Sr2RuO4. In the present work, we propose a tunneling spectroscopy experiment for distinguishing among these three superconducting states. The key component of our proposal is that we examine the conductance spectra of normal-metal/Sr2RuO4 junctions with various angles between the junction interface and the crystal axis of the Sr2RuO4. The angle dependence of the conductance spectra shows a unique pattern in each superconducting state, which can function as a fingerprint for verifying the pairing symmetry of Sr2RuO4.
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