Superconducting tunneling study of V and V3Ga

This thesis describes recent work using the proximity effect tunneling spectroscopy (PETS) technique to measure the superconducting properties of V and a surface grown layer of V3Ga. The first few sections give brief reviews of theories of superconductivity, tunneling and the proximity effect. A short section on the properties of d-band transition metals and their compounds is presented to motivate our study. A detailed explanation of the experimental procedure is included along with a description of the apparatus. Finally, the data are presented and results are discussed in light of the recent tunneling work mentioned above