The fabrication of reproducible superconducting scanning tunneling microscope tips Academic Article

abstract

• Superconducting scanning tunneling microscope tips have been fabricated with a high degree of reproducibility. The fabrication process relies on sequential deposition of superconducting Pb and a proximity-coupled Ag capping layer onto a Pt/Ir tip. The tips were characterized by tunneling into both normal-metal and superconducting films. The simplicity of the fabrication process, along with the stability and reproducibility of the tips, clear the way for tunneling studies with a well-characterized, scannable superconducting electrode. 2001 American Institute of Physics.

authors

• Teizer, Winfried

published proceedings

• Review of Scientific Instruments

author list (cited authors)

• Naaman, O., Teizer, W., & Dynes, R. C.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• Naaman, O||Teizer, W||Dynes, RC

publication date

• March 2001

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Review of Scientific Instruments  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5104 Condensed Matter Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.1344602

start page

• 1688

end page

• 1690

volume

• 72

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1063%2F1.1344602