2000/09/20 by Jurij Smakov, Jurij Šmakov, Ivar Martin +1 · 3 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed matter physics #Formalism (music) #Hamiltonian (control theory) #Josephson effect #Materials science #Mathematics #Microscopy #Optics #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum tunnelling #Scanning probe microscopy #Scanning tunneling microscope #Scanning tunneling spectroscopy #Spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy #Superconductivity #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.64.212506
6 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
arxiv created 2000/09/20 · openalex publication_date 2001/11/13 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We propose a set of scanning tunneling microscopy experiments in which the surface of a superconductor is scanned by a superconducting tip. Potential capabilities of such experimental setup are discussed. Most important anticipated results of such an experiment include the position-resolved measurement of the superconducting order parameter and the possibility to determine the nature of the secondary component of the order parameter at the surface. The theoretical description based on the tunneling Hamiltonian formalism is presented.