Evolution of the local superconducting density of states in ErRh{sub 4}B{sub 4} close to the ferromagnetic transition

We present local tunneling spectroscopy experiments in the superconducting and ferromagnetic phases of the reentrant superconductor ErRh4B4. The tunneling conductance curves jump from showing normal to superconducting features within a few mK close to the ferromagnetic transition temperature, with a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2009-01, Vol.102 (2009)
Hauptverfasser: Crespo, V., Rodrigo, J. G., Suderow, H., Vieira, S., Hinks, D., Schuller, I. K., Materials Science Division, Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Univ. of California at San Diego
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Zusammenfassung:We present local tunneling spectroscopy experiments in the superconducting and ferromagnetic phases of the reentrant superconductor ErRh4B4. The tunneling conductance curves jump from showing normal to superconducting features within a few mK close to the ferromagnetic transition temperature, with a clear hysteretic behavior. Within the ferromagnetic phase, we do not detect any superconducting correlations. Within the superconducting phase we find a peculiar V-shaped density of states at low energies, which is produced by the magnetically modulated phase that coexists with superconductivity just before ferromagnetism sets in.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.237002