Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Study of Au-Pb Alloys Formed on Pb Mesa Islands
Jungdae Kim
∗Department of Physics, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Korea (Received 25 April 2015 : revised 26 June 2015 : accepted 5 August 2015)
Quantum-well states (QWSs) and superconducting properties were studied for Au-Pb alloys (type A, type B, and a Moir´e pattern island) formed on top of Pb mesa islands via low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. Type A islands behaved just like 1 ML (monolayer) Pb based on the measured QWSs and superconducting gap. On the contrary, type B islands showed significantly suppressed QWSs while having a persistent superconducting gap. For Moir´e pattern islands, the QWSs and the superconducting gap were obtained at the peak and the valley of the Moir´e pattern.
As with type B islands, the peak of the Moir´e pattern presented severely damped QWSs, but still exhibited a clear superconducting gap. The QWSs originated from the strong vertical quantum confinement of the Pb mesa island. Our result indicates that vertical confinement has no influence on superconductivity because superconductivity can be maintained through lateral coherence with nearby Pb.
PACS numbers: 68.35.bd, 68.37.Ef, 68.65.Fg
Keywords: STM, STS, Au-Pb alloy, Superconducting gap, Quantum-well state
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PACS numbers: 68.35.bd, 68.37.Ef, 68.65.Fg
Keywords:ÅÒ'V,aA&³p, Åâ Ò'V,aAìrFgÆ, Au-Pb ½< ËF+K,í¸ :£§,ªÄºÓüt©I
∗E-mail: [email protected]
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