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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 91: Poster Session VII: Scanning probe techniques: Method development II
O 91.5: Poster
Donnerstag, 4. März 2021, 10:30–12:30, P
Microwave-assisted tunnelling and interference effects in superconducting junctions under fast driving signals — •Robert Drost1, Pitor Kot1, Maximilian Uhl1, Juan Carlos Cuevas2, Joachim Ankerhold3, and Christian R. Ast1 — 1Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany — 2Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada and Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain — 3Institut für Komplexe Quantensysteme and IQST, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
As scanning tunnelling microscopy is pushed towards fast local dynamics, a quantitative understanding of tunnel junctions under the influence of a fast AC driving signal is required, especially at the ultra-low temperatures relevant to spin dynamics and correlated electron states. We subject a superconductor-insulator-superconductor junction to a microwave signal from an antenna mounted in situ and examine the DC response of the contact to this driving signal. Basic quasi-particle tunnelling can be interpreted using a modified density of states in the electrodes. The situation is more complex when it comes to higher order effects such as multiple Andreev reflections. Microwave assisted tunnelling unravel these complex processes, providing deeper insights into tunnelling than are available in a pure DC measurement.