Hard correlation gap observed in quench-condensed ultrathin beryllium.
We report on the tunneling density of states (DOS) in strongly disordered ultrathin Be films quench condensed at 20 K. Above 5 K, the DOS shows the well-known logarithmic anomaly at the Fermi level. Only in a narrow temperature range near 2 K is the DOS linearly dependent on energy, as predicted by Efros and Shklovskii. However, both the zero-bias conductance and the slope of the linear DOS are found to decrease drastically with decreasing temperature. Tunneling measurements at mK temperatures have revealed conclusively that a hard correlation gap opens up in the DOS.
Bielejec
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
Ruan
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Wu
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