PROBING SPATIAL CORRELATIONS WITH NANOSCALE 2-CONTACT TUNNELING

被引:195
作者
BYERS, JM [1 ]
FLATTE, ME [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,DIV APPL SCI,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.306
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Interference effects on the transport through two localized tunnel junctions on the surface of a well-grounded sample reveal intrinsic spatial correlations characteristic of the uncoupled sample. Differential conductances of the two-junction probe are related to the spatial correlations of both normal and superconducting samples. For a superconducting sample the gap anisotropy strongly affects the results. This may serve as a sensitive probe of the order parameter in high-temperature superconductors. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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