Vortex mapping on gold covered conventional type II superconductors using the very low temperature tunnelling microscope

• We have used a dilution refrigerator cooled STM for investigating the vortex state in lead-bismuth alloy 4000Aofilms. The vortices were recognized by the decreasing dynamic conductance near the gap voltage when the instrument was operated in its normal feed back mode. A clean surface suitable for tunneling was maintained by a 75Aolayer of gold deposited on top of the sample film. The temperature was kept at 80 mK and magnetic fields between 0 and 0.2 T were used.  

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