title: Magnetic-field dependence of the maximum supercurrent of La2-xCexCuO4-y interferometers: evidence for a predominant dx2-y2 superconducting order parameter.
abstract: We performed a phase-sensitive test of the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter of the electron doped cuprate La(2-x)Ce(x)CuO(4-y) using a superconducting quantum interferometer with spatially distributed Josephson junctions. The studies were made on a thin film grown on a SrTiO3 tetracrystal substrate. The superconducting transition temperature was about 29 K which indicates that the sample is close to optimal doping. The magnetic field dependence of the critical current gives strong evidence for a predominant dx(2)(-y(2)) order parameter symmetry of the sample measured. It also gives upper limits for the s-wave component in a mixed order parameter of the type s+idx(2)(-y(2)).
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut-Experimentalphysik II, Universität Tübingen, auf der Morgenstelle 14, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chesca
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ehrhardt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mössle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koelle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kleiner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsukada