MgB2 superconducting tips for scanning tunneling microscopy study

被引：1

作者：

Xu, M ^{[1
]}

Takano, Y ^{[1
]}

Hatano, T ^{[1
]}

Kitahara, M ^{[1
]}

Fujita, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Inst Mat Sci, Nanomat Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050047, Japan

来源：

JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY | 2002年 / 15卷 / 04期

关键词：

MgB2; superconductor; scanning tunneling microscopy (STM); Au(111) surface;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1019979831813

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We report a simple method for the fabrication of reproducible, clean, and stable MgB2 superconducting tips. The quality of these tips has been verified by imaging the surface of a thin Au(111) film sample, using a low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Using the MgB2 superconducting tip, high-quality semiatomically resolved STM surface images of the thin Au(111) film sample have been observed, which unambiguously indicates that the fabrication of relatively superconducting MgB2, suitable for use as STM tips, is feasible.

引用

页码：303 / 305

页数：3

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