Principles of Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

Second Edition

E. L. Wolf

International Series of Monographs on Physics

First unified and comprehensive treatment of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
Concise summary of status of high temperature superconductors, including iron based materials
First unified treatment of tunnelling as tool for conventional and high temperature superconductors
First summary of the advances in high temperature superconductivity research based on imaging techniques, including gap maps on the nanometer scale
First summary clarifying the complementary information from scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, including Fourier Transform analysis, and Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy, ARPES
Fully embraces the advances represented by the scanning tunnelling microscope and, especially, scanning tunnelling spectroscopy.
Stunning images of single atoms and spectral images of impurity states in high temperature superconductors.
Provides background and current status for applications of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy to single atoms and molecules, including determination of bonding energies and vibrational frequencies.
Introduces applications to high temperature superconductivity and describes the current status.
New section covers astounding advances in instrumentation, which now routinely provide atomic resolution, and, in addition, developments in imaging and image processing, such as Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy.

Principles of Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

Second Edition

E. L. Wolf

International Series of Monographs on Physics

Description

Electron tunnelling spectroscopy is a research tool which has strongly advanced understanding of superconductivity. With the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, STM, by Nobelists G. Binnig and H. Rohrer, beautiful images of atoms, rings of atoms and of exotic states in high temperature superconductors have appeared. Some of the most famous images of any kind, at this date, are STM topographs. This book explains the physics and the instrumentation behind the advances illustrated in the famous images, and summarizes the state of knowledge that has resulted. It presents the current state of the art of tunneling- and scanning tunneling spectroscopies of atoms, molecules and especially superconductors.

The first edition of Principles of Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy has been a standard reference for active researchers for many years. This second edition fully embraces the advances represented by the scanning tunnelling microscope and, especially, scanning tunnelling spectroscopy. Stunning images of single atoms and spectral images of impurity states in high temperature superconductors will set this volume apart from its predecessor. The background and current status are provided for applications of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy to single atoms and molecules, including determination of bonding energies and vibrational frequencies. The applications to high temperature superconductivity are carefully introduced and the current status is described. A new section covers the astounding advances in instrumentation, which now routinely provide atomic resolution, and, in addition, developments in imaging and image processing, such as Fourier Transform Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy.

Principles of Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

Second Edition

E. L. Wolf

International Series of Monographs on Physics

1. Introduction
2. Tunneling in Normal-State Structures: I
3. Spectroscopy of the Superconducting Energy Gap: Quasiparticle and Pair Tunneling
4. Conventional Tunneling Spectroscopy of Strong-Coupling Superconductors
5. Inhomogeneous Superconductors: the Superconducting Proximity Effect
6. Superconducting Phonon Spectra and a²F(w)
7. High Tc Electron-Coupled Superconductivity: Cuprate and Iron-Based Superconductors
8. Tunneling in Normal-State Structures. II
9. Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) of Single Atoms and Molecules
10. Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS) of Superconducting Cuprates, Magnetic Manganites
11. Applications of Barrier Tunneling Phenomena
Appendices
A. Experimental Methods of Junction Fabrication and Characterization
B. Methods of Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy STS and Competing Approaches
C. Tabulated Results

Principles of Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

Second Edition

E. L. Wolf

International Series of Monographs on Physics

Author Information

Edward Wolf is a condensed matter physicist with long career including industrial and academic, and administrative appointments. He is best known as an authority on electron tunneling spectroscopy, particularly including effects related to superconductivity and the superconducting proximity effect. He has specialized recently in physics related to nanotechnology. He is the author of over 100 research papers and has supervised Ph. D. thesis research of about a dozen students. His specialties include electron tunneling spectroscopy, the physics of superconductors, scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, and the physics and technology of nanoscale materials and devices. He is Fellow of the American Physical Society.