Superconducting Tunneling in (TMTSF)2 ClO4 /a-Si/Pb Junctions

Abstract
We have fabricated (TMTSF)2ClO4/a-Si/Pb junctions using CVD a-Si film as low-potential tunnel barriers. From measurements well below TC, 3D superconducting transition temperature of (TMTSF)2ClO4, the superconducting energy gap comparable to the BCS theory was detected. At higher temperatures no significant change other than the superconducting transition of Pb was observed. In the quenched crystals much larger gap structure 2Δ≃ 3 meV was observed, resulting from the SDW state.