Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2004-12-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
to appear in Physica C
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physc.2004.12.001
We report a simple method for the fabrication of Niobium superconducting (SC) tips for scanning tunnelling microscopy which allow atomic resolution. The tips, formed in-situ by the mechanical breaking of a niobium wire, reveal a clear SC gap of 1.5 meV and a critical temperature Tc=9.2+-0.3 K as deduced from Superconductor Insulator Normal metal (NIS) and Superconductor Insulator Superconductor (SIS) spectra. These match the values of bulk Nb samples. We systematically find an enhanced value of the critical magnetic field in which superconductivity in the tip is destroyed (around 1 T for some tips) up to five times larger than the critical field of bulk Nb (0.21 T). Such enhancement is attributed to a size effect at the tip apex
Aprili Marco
Kohen A.
Lacaze Emmanuelle
Noat Yves
Proslier Th.
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