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Scanning SQUID Study of Vortex Manipulation by Local Contact
Published on: February 1, 2017
Vortex imaging in the pi band of magnesium diboride
M R Eskildsen1, M Kugler, S Tanaka
1DPMC, University of Geneva, 24 Quai E.-Ansermet, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland. morten.eskildsen@physics.unige.ch
Abstract:
We report scanning tunneling spectroscopy imaging of the vortex lattice in single crystalline MgB2. By tunneling parallel to the c axis, a single superconducting gap (Delta=2.2 meV) associated with the pi band is observed. The vortices in the pi band have a large core size compared to estimates based on H(c2) and show an absence of localized states in the core. Furthermore, superconductivity between the vortices is rapidly suppressed by an applied field. These results suggest that superconductivity in the pi band is, at least partially, induced by the intrinsically superconducting sigma band.
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