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Craig HowaldDepartments of Applied Physics and of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305P. FournierDépartement de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1K2R1A. KapitulnikDepartments of Applied Physics and of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
2001lv
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Abstract
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy on cleaved BSCCO(2212) single crystals reveals inhomogeneities on length scales of $\ensuremath{\sim}30 \AA{}.$ While most of the surface yields spectra consistent with a d-wave superconductor, small regions show a doubly gapped structure with both gaps lacking coherence peaks and the larger gap having a size typical of the respective pseudogap for the same sample.
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