Modifying electronic properties of interfaces in high-Tc superconductors by doping

Autor: R. R. Schulz, Christof W. Schneider, Jochen Mannhart, Hans Hilgenkamp, H. Bielefeldt, B. Goetz, A. Schmehl
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Physica C: Superconductivity. :7-11
ISSN: 0921-4534
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4534(99)00417-7
Popis: The superconducting and normal-conducting transport properties of interfaces play an important role for numerous applications of high-Tc superconductors. For basic reasons, the physics of interfaces in high-Tc superconductors is considerably richer and more complex than that of interfaces in the conventional low-Tc superconductors. Besides the unconventional order parameter symmetry of the high-Tc cuprates, as described previously, another difference originates from the possibility of significant band-bending in the high-Tc superconductors, leading to the formation of space-charge layers with modified electronic properties near the interfaces. In analogy with semiconductors, the space-charge layers in the high-Tc cuprates can be altered by doping the material or by the application of electrostatic fields, enabling a controlled modification of the transport properties of the interfaces.
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