Atlas of Point Contact Spectra of Electron-Phonon Interactions in Metals

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.