Transport properties and point contact spectra of NiₓNb₁₋ₓ metallic glasses
Halbritter, A. · Kolesnychenko, O. Yu. · Mihaly, G. · Shklyarevskii, O. I. · van Kempen, H.
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Bulk resistivity and point contact spectra of NiₓNb₁₋ₓ metallic glasses have been investigated as functions of temperature (0.3-300K) and magnetic field (0-12T). Metallic glasses in this family undergo a superconducting phase transition determined by the Nb concentration. When superconductivity was suppressed by a strong magnetic field, both the bulk sample R(T) and the point contact differential resistance curves of NiₓNb₁₋ₓ showed logarithmic behavior at low energies, which is explained by a strong electron - "two level system" coupling. We studied the temperature, magnetic field and contact resistance dependence of Ni₄₄Nb₅₆ point-contact spectra in the superconducting state and found telegraph-like fluctuations superimposed on superconducting characteristics. These R(V) characteristics are extremely sensitive detectors for slow relaxing "two level system" motion.
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