Nonequilibrium Superconducting States with Two Coexisting Energy GAPS.

Abstract

The effect of tunnel currents in superconducting junctions on the energy gap is calculated. For certain parameters two different gaps can exist. The stability of these solutions is investigated and at a certain voltage a first order transition is found. This result explains the experimentally observed inhomogeneous states in superconducting tunnel junctions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA102807

Entities

People

  • AndrĂ©-Marie Tremblay
  • Gerd Schoen

Organizations

  • Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Critical Temperature
  • Current Density
  • Distribution Functions
  • Energy
  • Energy Gaps
  • Equations
  • Excitation
  • Low Temperature
  • New York
  • Phase Transformations
  • Quasiparticles
  • Scattering
  • Superconductors
  • Transitions
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology