Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 247004 (2002) [4 pages]Direct Evidence for Two-Band Superconductivity in MgB2 Single Crystals from Directional Point-Contact Spectroscopy in Magnetic FieldsReceived 2 August 2002; published 25 November 2002 We present the results of the first directional point-contact spectroscopy experiments in high-quality MgB2 single crystals. Because of the directionality of the current injection into the samples, the application of a magnetic field allowed us to separate the contributions of the σ and π bands to the total conductance of our point contacts. By using this technique, we were able to obtain the temperature dependency of each gap independent of the other. The consequent, strong reduction of the error on the value of the gap amplitude as a function of temperature allows a stricter test of the predictions of the two-band model for MgB2. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.247004
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.247004
PACS:
74.25.Dw, 74.50.+r, 74.70.Ad, 74.80.Fp
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