| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 69, Number 3, February 2005
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 442 - 446 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10349-4 | |
| Published online | 24 December 2004 | |
Forced localization in thin 
films, investigated with
the superconducting proximity effect
Physics Department, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0484, USA
Received:
26
May
2004
Accepted:
17
November
2004
Thin films of alkali metals are forced into an insulating state
by being covered with sub-mono-layers of 
. The
superconducting proximity effect is used to investigate the
electronic change in the alkali film. On the length scale of the
film thickness the electronic properties of the alkali film do
not change noticeably during the metal-insulator transition.
PACS: 74.45.+c – Proximity effects; Andreev effect; SN and SNS junctions / 73.20.Fz – Weak or Anderson localization / 71.20.Dg – Alkali and alkaline earth metals
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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