Electron tunnelling spectroscopy as a research tool has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity. This book explains the physics and instrumentation behind the advances illustrated in beautiful images of atoms, rings of atoms and exotic states in high temperature superconductors, and summarizes the state of knowledge that has resulted.
Electron tunnelling spectroscopy as a research tool has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity. This book explains the physics and instrumentation behind the advances illustrated in beautiful images of atoms, rings of atoms and exotic states in high temperature superconductors, and summarizes the state of knowledge that has resulted.
Edward Wolf is a condensed matter physicist with long career including industrial and academic, and administrative appointments. He is best known as an authority on electron tunneling spectroscopy, particularly including effects related to superconductivity and the superconducting proximity effect. He has specialized recently in physics related to nanotechnology. He is the author of over 100 research papers and has supervised Ph. D. thesis research of about a dozen students. His specialties include electron tunneling spectroscopy, the physics of superconductors, scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, and the physics and technology of nanoscale materials and devices. He is Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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* 1: Introduction * 2: Tunneling in Normal-State Structures: I * 3: Spectroscopy of the Superconducting Energy Gap: Quasiparticle and Pair Tunneling * 4: Conventional Tunneling Spectroscopy of Strong-Coupling Superconductors * 5: Inhomogeneous Superconductors: the Superconducting Proximity Effect * 6: Superconducting Phonon Spectra and ¿²F(*w) * 7: High T[c Electron-Coupled Superconductivity: Cuprate and Iron-Based Superconductors * 8: Tunneling in Normal-State Structures. II * 9: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) of Single Atoms and Molecules * 10: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) of Superconducting Cuprates, Magnetic Manganites * 11: Applications of Barrier Tunneling Phenomena * Appendices * A: Experimental Methods of Junction Fabrication and Characterization * B: Methods of Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy STS and Competing Approaches * C: Tabulated Results
