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Applied Physics Letters
We have simultaneously measured the surface topography and the tunneling current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of thin films of NbN as a function of lateral position using a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope. We have imaged the superconducting energy gap by fitting the I-V's with an energy gap for each spatial position. Such images showed significant variation of the gap, including areas with reduced gap when a magnetic field (up to 6 T) was applied. The features in the gap image were often correlated with features in the surface topographic images.
S.I. Raider, A. Gupta, et al.
Applied Physics Letters
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Physical Review Letters
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Physical Review B - CMMP
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ICDS 1984