The fabrication of reproducible superconducting scanning tunneling microscope tips
arXiv:cond-mat/0011027 · doi:10.1063/1.1344602
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.
4 pages, 3 figures, REVTeX. Submitted to Rev. Sci. Instrum