Andreev-spectroscopy study of unconventional superconductivity in MgB2:(La,Sr)MnO3 nanocomposite

Unconventional high-temperature superconductivity in MgB2:La0:65Sr0:35MnO3 (MgB:LSMO) nanocomposite has been found recently [V. N. Krivoruchko and V. Yu. Tarenkov, Phys. Rev. B 86, 10502 (2012)]. In this report, the symmetry of the nanocomposite superconducting order parameter and plausible pairing mechanisms have been studied by the point-contact Andreev-reflection (PCAR) spectroscopy. To clarify the experimental results obtained, we consider a model of a ferromagnetic superconductor, which assumes a coexistence of itinerant ferromagnetism and mixed-parity superconductivity. The Balian–Werthamer state, with quasiparticle gap topology of the same form as that of the ordinary s- wave state, fits the experimental data reasonably well. Utilizing the extended Eliashberg formalizm, we calculated the contribution of MgB2 in the total composite's conductivity and estimated the magnitude of the electron–phonon effects originated from MgB2 in I–V characteristics of the composite at above-gap energies. It was found...