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In-situ measurement of self-heating in intrinsic tunnelling spectroscopy

V. M. Krasnov, M. Sandberg, I. Zogaj

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0410207

Abstract

Using advanced sample engineering we performed simultaneous measurement of intrinsic (interlayer) tunnelling characteristics and in-situ monitoring of temperature in small Bi-2212 mesa structures. Together with a systematic study of size-dependence of intrinsic tunnelling, this allowed an unambiguous discrimination between artifacts of self-heating and gaps in electronic spectrum of Bi-2212 High-Tc superconductor. Finally, we analyze the reliability of intrinsic tunnelling spectroscopy and discuss how it can be improved.

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