Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-11-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
4 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.027001
We address the question of probing the supercurrents in superconducting (SC) samples on a local scale by performing Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) experiments with a SC tip. In this configuration, we show that the tunneling conductance is highly sensitive to the Doppler shift term in the SC quasiparticle spectrum of the sample, thus allowing the local study of the superfluid velocity. Intrinsic screening currents, such as those surrounding the vortex cores in a type II SC in a magnetic field, are directly probed. With Nb tips, the STS mapping of the vortices, in single crystal 2H-NbSe_2, reveals both the vortex cores, on the scale of the SC coherence length $\xi$, and the supercurrents, on the scale of the London penetration length $\lambda$. A subtle interplay between the SC pair potential and the supercurrents at the vortex edge is observed. Our results open interesting prospects for the study of screening currents in any superconductor.
Berger Heinz
Cren Tristan
Kohen A.
Noat Yves
Proslier Th.
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