I will present measurements of the
Josephson Effect between a conventional s-wave superconductor and a
Fe-pnictide superconductor and between an electron-doped and hole-doped
Fe- pnictide superconductor. Shapiro steps and magnetic diffraction
patterns are observed for Josephson tunneling in the c-axis direction
of single crystals in both cases. These results prove that an s-wave
component must be present in the pairing symmetry of Fe-pnictide
superconductors. Implications for novel types of s-wave pairing will be
discussed.
This work is done in collaboration with Xiaohang Zhang and Ichiro
Takeuchi at UMD and several groups of crystal providers.