Publications by Maximilian Assig

Critical Josephson current in the dynamical Coulomb blockade regime

Klaus Kern, Markus Etzkorn, Matthias Alexander Eltschka, Maximilian Assig

The current-voltage characteristics of a voltage-biased Josephson junction in the low conductance regime of an ultra-low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is dominated by sequential charge tunneling. Using P(E) theory we show that the Josephs ...

Amer Physical Soc2016

A nanoscale gigahertz source realized with Josephson scanning tunneling microscopy

Klaus Kern, Markus Etzkorn, Matthias Alexander Eltschka, Maximilian Assig

Using the AC Josephson effect in the superconductor-vacuum-superconductor tunnel junction of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), we demonstrate the generation of GHz radiation. With the macroscopic STM tip acting as a lambda/4-monopole antenna, we first ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

Superconducting scanning tunneling microscopy tips in a magnetic field: Geometry-controlled order of the phase transition

Klaus Kern, Markus Etzkorn, Matthias Alexander Eltschka, Maximilian Assig

The properties of geometrically confined superconductors significantly differ from their bulk counterparts. Here, we demonstrate the geometrical impact for superconducting scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) tips, where the confinement ranges from the atom ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

Probing Absolute Spin Polarization at the Nanoscale

Klaus Kern, Markus Etzkorn, Matthias Alexander Eltschka, Maximilian Assig

Probing absolute values of spin polarization at the nanoscale offers insight into the fundamental mechanisms of spin-dependent transport. Employing the Zeeman splitting in superconducting tips (Meservey-Tedrow-Fulde effect), we introduce a novel spin-polar ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

A 10 mK scanning tunneling microscope operating in ultra high vacuum and high magnetic fields

Klaus Kern, Markus Etzkorn, Maximilian Assig

We present design and performance of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) that operates at temperatures down to 10 mK providing ultimate energy resolution on the atomic scale. The STM is attached to a dilution refrigerator with direct access to an ultra h ...

Amer Inst Physics2013

Miniature active damping stage for scanning probe applications in ultra high vacuum

Klaus Kern, Maximilian Assig, Carola Strasser

Scanning probe microscope (SPM) experiments demand a low vibration level to minimize the external influence on the measured signal. We present a miniature six-degree of freedom active damping stage based on a Gough-Stewart platform (hexapod) which is posit ...

2012

Development of a Millikelvin Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Applications in Ultra High Vacuum and High Magnetic Fields

Maximilian Assig

In this thesis we discuss the realization of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) operating at temperatures below 20 mK. This is accomplished by attaching the STM to a dilution refrigerator. We can apply high magnetic fields up to 14 T perpendicular and 0 ...

EPFL2011

Design criteria for scanning tunneling microscopes to reduce the response to external mechanical disturbances

Klaus Kern, Maximilian Assig

We present a simple one-dimensional model to find design criteria for a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) minimizing the response of the tip-sample distance to external mechanical disturbances. The underlying concept-achieving a response that is in phase ...

2008