Abstract
The current-voltage characteristics of YBCO/PBCO/Au planar structures reflect the resistance behavior of PBCO in the c-axis direction. With increasing applied voltages the PBCO barrier shows a transition from thermally-activated hopping conductivity to an activationless-hopping regime. Variable-range hopping and weak-localization models are discussed to explain the experimental data. An account of the Lifshitz correlation in the hopping conductivity gives an satisfactory agreement with the junction resistivity for c-axis PBCO barrier thicknesses of 10 to 40 nm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1115-1116 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Physica B |
Volume | 194-196 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1994 |
Event | 20th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, LT-20 1993 - Eugene, United States Duration: 4 Aug 1993 → 11 Aug 1993 Conference number: 20 |