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Publications (35)

cond-mat.supr-con2012

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2007

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2005

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.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2009

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2017

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2000

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…

cond-mat.str-el2022

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2007

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2018

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2014

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2006

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…

cond-mat.str-el2018

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2006

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2006

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2014

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2014

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2010

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2021

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…

cond-mat.str-el2009

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2004

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2006

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2000

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2001

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).…

cond-mat.supr-con2004

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…

physics.app-ph2017

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2014

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2020

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2001

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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2020

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…

cond-mat.supr-con2015

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…

physics.app-ph2017

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…