Synopses & Reviews
The Atlas of Point Contact Spectra of Electron--Phonon Interactions in Metals is the first systematic presentation of experimental measurements of the electron--phonon interaction in clean metals, obtained using the method of microcontact spectroscopy. Detailed microcontact spectra (plots of the second derivative of the current--voltage characteristics of point microcontacts, measured at low temperatures) are presented for 31 metals. These can be used in the calculation of thermodynamic and kinetic properties of metallic systems (electrical conduction, thermoconductivity, thermal expansion, etc.) as well as for verification of microscopic theories of metals. The book is intended for use by scientific researchers and graduate students working in the areas of solid state physics, low temperature physics, spectroscopy and the physics of metals.
Table of Contents
Preface. Abbreviations and Basic Symbols. 1: The Method of Point Contact Spectroscopy. 1.1. Models of Point Contacts. 1.2. Regimes of Electron Transport through a Constriction. 1.3. Resistance at Zero Bias. 1.4. Nonequilibrium Electron Distribution Functions. 1.5. Principal Theoretical Relationships. 1.6. The Electron-Phonon Interaction Point Contact Functions. 1.7. Heterocontacts. 1.8. Two-Phonon Processes. 1.9. Comparison of Electron-Phonon Interaction Point Contact Functions to Related Functions. 1.10. Background. 1.11. Point Contact Spectroscopy of Non-Phonon Excitations. 1.12. Methods of Forming Point Contacts. 1.13. Quality Criteria. 1.14. Modulation Methods for Measuring Derivatives of the Current-Voltage Characteristics. 1.15. Modulation Broadening of Spectral Lines. 1.16. Block Diagram of a Spectrometer. 1.17. The Procedure for Reconstruction of the Electron-Phonon Interaction Point Contact from Measured Characteristics. 1.18. Pseudopotential Calculations of the Electron-Phonon Interaction Point Contact Functions. 1.19. Methods for Determining the Electron-Phonon Interaction Functions and the Phonon Density of States. 2: Point Contact Spectra, Electron-Phonon Interaction Functions, and the Phonon Density of States in Metals. 2.1. Lithium. 2.2. Sodium. 2.3. Potassium. 2.4. Copper. 2.5. Silver. 2.6. Gold. 2.7. Beryllium. 2.8. Magnesium. 2.9. Zinc. 2.10. Cadmium. 2.11. Aluminum. 2.12. Gallium. 2.13. Indium. 2.14. Thallium. 2.15. Tin. 2.16. Lead. 2.17. Vanadium. 2.18. Niobium. 2.19. Tantalum. 2.20. Molybdenum. 2.21. Tungsten. 2.22. Technetium. 2.23. Rhenium. 2.24. Iron. 2.25. Cobalt. 2.26. Nickel. 2.27. Palladium. 2.28. Osmium. 2.29. Gadolinium. 2.30. Terbium. 2.31. Holmium. References. Subject Index.