Abstract
To determine the symmetry of the order parameter in superconducting (YBCO), we use a scanning SQUID microscope at 4.2 K to perform independent experiments on six YBCO-Ag-Pb SQUIDs. We find completely unambiguous evidence for a time-reversal-invariant order parameter with a phase shift of between the and directions of YBCO. Our results are inconsistent with purely -wave symmetric pairing and are strongly suggestive of symmetric pairing in YBCO.
- Received 25 July 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4523
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