Publications (35)
Break-up of long-range coherence due to phase fluctuations in ultrathin superconducting NbN films
Y. Noat, T. Cren, C. Brun +7
Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS), we address the problem of the superconductor-insulator phase transition (SIT) in homogeneously disordered ultrathin (2-15 nm) films of…
Resonant excitonic emission of a single quantum dot in the Rabi regime
R. Melet, V. Voliotis, A. Enderlin +4
We report on coherent resonant emission of the fundamental exciton state in a single semiconductor GaAs quantum dot. Resonant regime with picoseconde laser excitation is realized b…
Probing the superfluid velocity with a superconducting tip: the Doppler shift effect
A. Kohen, Th. Proslier, T. Cren +4
We address the question of probing the supercurrents in superconducting (SC) samples on a local scale by performing Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) experiments with a SC tip.…
Electric field effects, Mott insulator, Surface patterning, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Transition metal chalcogenides
Vincent Dubost, T. Cren, C. Vaju +5
We report the first experimental evidence for a strong electromechanical coupling in the Mott insulator GaTa4Se8 allowing a highly reproducible nano-writing with a Scanning Tunneli…
Double Fe-impurity charge state in the topological insulator BiSe
V. S. Stolyarov, S. V. Remizov, D. S. Shapiro +10
The influence of individual impurities of Fe on the electronic properties of topological insulator BiSe is studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. The microscope tip is u…
Direct Evidence of Spontaneous Abrikosov Vortex State in Ferromagnetic Superconductor EuFe(AsP) with
L. Ya. Vinnikov, I. S. Veshchunov, S. Yu. Grebenchuk +14
Using low-temperature Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) we provide direct experimental evidence for spontaneous vortex phase (SVP) formation in EuFe(AsP) si…
Nanometer Scale Mapping of the Density of States in an Inhomogeneous Superconductor
T. Cren, D. Roditchev, W. Sacks +1
Using high speed scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we perform a full mapping of the quasiparticle density of states (DOS) in single crystals of BiPbSrCaCuO(2212). The measurements c…
On the importance of measuring accurately LDOS maps using scanning tunneling spectroscopy in materials presenting atom-dependent charge order: the case of the correlated Pb/Si(111) single atomic layer
C. Tresca, T. Bilgeri, G. Menard +11
We show how to properly extract the local charge order in two-dimensional materials from scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) measurements. When the charge order pr…
Local tunneling spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate Sm1.85Ce0.15CuO4
A. Zimmers, Y. Noat, T. Cren +4
We present local tunneling spectroscopy in the optimally electron-doped cuprate Sm2-xCexCuO4 x=0.15. A clear signature of the superconducting gap is observed with an amplitude rang…
Unique interplay between superconducting and ferromagnetic orders in EuRbFeAs
V. S. Stolyarov, A. Casano, M. A. Belyanchikov +15
Transport, magnetic and optical investigations on EuRbFeAs single crystals evidence that the ferromagnetic ordering of the Eu magnetic moments at K, below t…
Surface states in a 3D topological insulator: The role of hexagonal warping and curvature
E. V. Repin, V. S. Stolyarov, T. Cren +5
We explore a combined effect of hexagonal warping and of finite effective mass on both the tunneling density of electronic states (TDOS) and structure of Landau levels (LLs) of 3D…
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on the novel superconductor CaC6
N. Bergeal, V. Dubost, Y. Noat +7
We present scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of the newly discovered superconductor CaC. The tunneling conductance spectra, measured between 3 K and 15 K, show a c…
Chiral spin texture in the charge-density-wave phase of the correlated metallic Pb/Si(111) monolayer
C. Tresca, C. Brun, T. Bilgeri +10
We investigate the 1/3 monolayer -Pb/Si(111) surface by scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and fully relativistic first-principles calculations. We study both the high-tempe…
Quasiparticle spectrum of the cuprate BiSrCaCuO: Possible connection to the phase diagram
W. Sacks, T. Cren, D. Roditchev +1
We previously introduced [T. Cren et al., Europhys. Lett. 52, 203 (2000)] an energy-dependant gap function, , that fits the unusual shape of the quasiparticle (QP) spectrum…
Probing the superconducting condensate on a nanometer scale
Th. Proslier, A. Kohen, Y. Noat +3
Superconductivity is a rare example of a quantum system in which the wavefunction has a macroscopic quantum effect, due to the unique condensate of electron pairs. The amplitude of…
Proximity effect between two superconductors spatially resolved by scanning tunneling spectroscopy
V. Cherkez, J. C. Cuevas, C. Brun +5
We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of the proximity effect in an atomic-scale controlled junction between two different superconductors. Elaborated on a Si(11…
Remarkable effects of disorder on superconductivity of single atomic layers of lead on silicon
C. Brun, T. Cren, V. Cherkez +8
In bulk materials superconductivity is remarkably robust with respect to non-magnetic disorder. In the two-dimensional limit however, the quantum condensate suffers from the effect…
Disorder effects in pnictides : a tunneling spectroscopy study
Y. Noat, T. Cren, V. Dubost +6
We present the synthesis and the tunneling spectroscopy study of superconducting FeSe0.5Te0.5 (Tc = 14 K), SmFeAsO0.85 (Tc = 45 K) and SmFeAsO0.9F0.1 (Tc = 52 K). The samples were…
Novel magnetic stoichiometric superconductor EuRbFe4As4
T. K. Kim, K. S. Pervakov, V. A. Vlasenko +16
In the novel stoichiometric iron-based material RbEuFe4As4 superconductivity coexists with a peculiar long-range magnetic order of Eu 4f states; their coexistance is puzzling and r…
Electric Pulse Induced Resistive Switching, Electronic Phase Separation, and Possible Superconductivity in a Mott insulator
C. Vaju, L. Cario, B. Corraze +6
Metal-insulator transitions (MIT) belong to a class of fascinating physical phenomena, which includes superconductivity, and colossal magnetoresistance (CMR), that are associated w…
Fabrication and characterization of scanning tunneling microscopy superconducting Nb tips having highly enhanced critical fields
A. Kohen, Y. Noat, T. Proslier +4
We report a simple method for the fabrication of Niobium superconducting (SC) tips for scanning tunnelling microscopy which allow atomic resolution. The tips, formed in-situ by the…
Local Tunneling Study of Three-Dimensional Order Parameter in the -band of Al-doped MgB Single Crystals
F. Giubileo, F. Bobba, A. Scarfato +5
We have performed local tunneling spectroscopy on high quality MgAlB single crystals by means of Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) in magne…
Microscopic structure of the vortex cores in granular niobium: A coherent quantum puzzle
V. S. Stolyarov, V. Neverov, A. V. Krasavin +12
When macroscopic quantum condensates -- superconductors, superfluids, cold atoms and ions, polaritons etc. -- are put in rotation, a quantum vortex lattice forms inside. In homogen…
Magnetic force microscopy versus scanning quantum-vortex microscopy: Probing pinning landscape in granular niobium films
A. Yu. Aladyshkin, R. A. Hovhannisyan, S. Yu. Grebenchuk +7
We provide an overview of the methodology and fundamental principles associated with newly developed experimental technique -- scanning quantum-vortex microscopy [Hovhannisyan et a…
Constraints on the Quasiparticle Density of States in High- Superconductors
T. Cren, D. Roditchev, W. Sacks +1
In this Letter we present new tunneling data on YBaCuO thin films by low temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Unusual peak-dip-hump features, previously reporte…
Two Gap State Density in MgB: A True Bulk Property or A Proximity Effect?
F. Giubileo, D. Roditchev, W. Sacks +7
We report on the temperature dependence of the quasiparticle density of states (DOS) in the simple binary compound MgB2 directly measured using scanning tunneling microscope (STM).…
Two regimes in the magnetic field response of superconducting MgB
A. Kohen, F. Giubileo, Th. Proslier +10
Using Scanning Tunneling Microscope at low temperature we explore the superconducting phase diagram in the -band of the two-band superconductor MgB. In this band the peculi…
Proximity effect model of ultra-narrow NbN strips
I. Charaev, T. Silbernagel, B. Bachowsky +7
We show that narrow superconducting strips in superconducting (S) and normal (N) states are universally described by the model presenting them as lateral NSN proximity systems in w…
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy study of the proximity effect in a disordered two-dimensional metal
L. Serrier-Garcia, J. C. Cuevas, T. Cren +6
The proximity effect between a superconductor and a highly diffusive two-dimensional metal was revealed in a Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy experiment. The in-situ elaborated samp…
Spectroscopic evidence for strong correlations between local superconducting gap and local Altshuler-Aronov density-of-states suppression in ultrathin NbN films
C. Carbillet, V. Cherkez, M. A. Skvortsov +10
Disorder has different profound effects on superconducting thin films. For a large variety of materials, increasing disorder reduces electronic screening which enhances electron-el…
Strong Coupling and Double Gap Density of States in Superconducting MgB2
F. Giubileo, D. Roditchev, W. Sacks +2
Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy at T = 4.2 K, we perform simultaneously the topographic imaging and the quasiparticle density of states (DOS) mapping in granular MgB2. We obs…
Selective band engineering of Bi/Si(111) by boron segregation
E. Barre, J. Villalobos-Castro, T. Pierron +4
Atomically thin layers of metals deposited on semiconductors display a variety of physical properties such as superconductivity, charge density waves, topological phases, strong sp…
When superconductivity does not fear magnetism: Insight into electronic structure of RbEuFeAs
T. K. Kim, K. S. Pervakov, D. V. Evtushinsky +13
In the novel stoichiometric iron-based material RbEuFeAs superconductivity coexists with a peculiar long-range magnetic order of Eu 4f states. Using angle-resolved phot…
Confinement of superconducting fluctuations due to emergent electronic inhomogeneities
C. Carbillet, S. Caprara, M. Grilli +11
The microscopic nature of an insulating state in the vicinity of a superconducting state, in the presence of disorder, is a hotly debated question. While the simplest scenario prop…
Enhancement of superconductivity in NbN nanowires by negative electron-beam lithography with positive resist
I. Charaev, T. Silbernagel, B. Bachowsky +7
We performed comparative experimental investigation of superconducting NbN nanowires which were prepared by means of positive-and negative electron-beam lithography with the same p…