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Title: Counterintuitive consequence of heating in strongly-driven intrinsic junctions of Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O 8+? mesas
Authors: Kurter, Cihan
Özyüzer, Lütfi
Proslier, T.
Zasadzinski, John F.
Hinks, David G.
Gray, Kenneth E.
Keywords: Tunneling phenomena
Josephson effects
Crystal structure
Publisher: American Physical Society
Source: Kurter, C., Özyüzer, L., Proslier, T., Zasadzinski, J. F., Hinks, D. G., and Gray, K. E.(2010). Counterintuitive consequence of heating in strongly-driven intrinsic junctions of Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O 8+δ mesas. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 81(22). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224518
Abstract: Anomalously high and sharp peaks in the conductance of intrinsic Josephson junctions in Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O 8+δ (Bi2212) mesas have been commonly interpreted as superconducting energy gaps but here we show they are a result of strong self-heating. This conclusion follows directly from a comparison to the equilibrium gap measured by tunneling in single break junctions on equivalent crystals. As the number of junctions in the mesa, N, and thus heating increase, the peak voltages decrease and the peak width abruptly sharpens for N≥12. Clearly these widely variable features vs N cannot all represent the equilibrium properties. Our data imply that the sharp peaks represent a transition to the normal state. That it occurs at the same dissipated power for N=12-30 strongly implicates heating as the cause. Although peak sharpening due to heating is counterintuitive, as tunneling spectra usually broaden at higher temperatures, a lateral temperature gradient, leading to coexistence of normal hot spots and superconductive regions, qualitatively explains the behavior. However, a more uniform temperature profile cannot be ruled out. As the peak's width and voltage in our shortest mesa (N=6) are more consistent with the break junction data, we propose a figure of merit for Bi2212 mesas, the relative conductance peak width, such that small values signal a crossover into the strong self-heating regime. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
URI: http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224518
http://hdl.handle.net/11147/2722
ISSN: 1098-0121
1550-235X
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