Accession Number:
AD0698271
Title:
AN INVESTIGATION OF LOW ENERGY STRUCTURE IN NIOBIUM SINGLE CRYSTALS BY TUNNELING.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Report Date:
1969-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
72.0
Abstract:
An investigation of low energy superconductive tunneling into very pure single crystal niobium was performed. Lead and indium films, evaporated onto oxide barriers, were used as the probe. Evidence was found for a second energy gap in niobium at delta10. The gap is temperature independent and agrees with various theoretical predictions. Additional new voltage structure is found in junctions formed with lead, indicative of tunneling processes occurring within the barrier. Various processes are proposed to explain the structure. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Solid State Physics