Abstract
The proximity induced excitation spectrum of thin gold layers on superconducting NbSe2 (S) has been measured as a function of gold thickness with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope. The resulting conductance spectrum is dominated by a quasiparticle bound state below ΔS with an energy dependence strongly influenced by the suppression of the order parameter in S near the interface. In addition, a significant change in the induced spectrum can be directly related to the sample morphology as determined by imaging. A simple model will be used to interpret the results.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1014-1017 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 1999 |