Microwave response of V3Si single crystals: Evidence for two-gap superconductivity

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Published 12 October 2005 2005 EDP Sciences
, , Citation Yu. A. Nefyodov et al 2005 EPL 72 638 DOI 10.1209/epl/i2005-10269-9

0295-5075/72/4/638

Abstract

The investigation of the temperature dependences of microwave surface impedance and complex conductivity of V3Si single crystals with different stoichiometry allowed to observe a number of peculiarities which are in remarkable contradiction with single-gap Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory. At the same time, they can be well described by the two-band model of superconductivity, thus strongly evidencing the existence of two distinct energy gaps with zero-temperature values Δ1 ≈ 1.8 Tc and Δ2 ≈ 0.95 Tc in V3Si.

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10.1209/epl/i2005-10269-9