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[en] With Low-Temperature-Electron-Microscopy (LTSEM) it is possible to analyse the transport properties of solids at low temperatures. In particular it is possible to image the supercurrent density js in Josephson junctions. This was demonstrated by comparing TTREM-images with calculated values for js. In this thesis ramp-type Nd2-xCexCuO4-y/Nb-Josephson-junctions (NCCO/Nb) and Josephson junctions with a ferromagnetic interlayer Nb/Al-Al2O3/NiCu/Nb, so-called SIFS (superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor) Josephson junctions were studied.It was demonstrated that LTSEM provides direct imaging of the sign change of the order parameter in superconductors with dx2-y2-symmetry. This was a controversial issue over the last decade. A step like variation in the thickness of the F-layer allows the fabrication of linear and annular Josephson junctions with different numbers of 0 and π facets. With the LTSEM 0-, π-, 0-π-, 0-π-0-, 0/2-π-0/2-, 20 x (0-π)- as well as square-shaped-, circular- and annular-Josephson-junctions were studied. It was demonstrated, that these junctions are of good quality and have critical current densities up to 42 A/cm2 at T=4.2 K, which is a record value for SIFS junctions with a NiCu F-layer so far. By comparing the measurements with simulations a first indication of a semifluxon at the 0-π-boundary was found. (orig.)
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Visualisierung der Stromverteilung in Josephsonkontakten mit 0- und π-Facetten
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11 May 2010; 206 p; Diss. (Dr.rer.nat.)
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ALUMINIUM OXIDES, BINARY ALLOY SYSTEMS, CERIUM COMPOUNDS, COPPER ALLOYS, CRITICAL CURRENT, CUPRATES, CURRENT DENSITY, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS, FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS, JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS, LAYERS, MAGNETIC FLUX, NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS, NICKEL ALLOYS, NIOBIUM, QUASI PARTICLES, SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, SUPERCONDUCTORS, TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K, THICKNESS
ALLOY SYSTEMS, ALLOYS, ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS, CHALCOGENIDES, COPPER COMPOUNDS, CURRENTS, DIMENSIONS, ELECTRIC CURRENTS, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, ELEMENTS, MAGNETIC MATERIALS, MATERIALS, METALS, MICROSCOPY, OXIDES, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS, REFRACTORY METALS, SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS, TEMPERATURE RANGE, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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