Temperature dependence of the superconducting proximity effect quantified by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

AIP Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stepniak A ^a   Caminale, M ^a   Leon Vanegas, A A ^a   Oka, H ^a   Sander, D ^a   Kirschner, J ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

INCREASING TEMPERATURES; INTRINSIC TEMPERATURE; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY/SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING PROXIMITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84923816064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4906554     Document Type: Article

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