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Nonequilibrium superconductor states in the case of ''narrow'' nonequilibrium sources

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6691992

Stationary nonequilibrium states of superconductors are examined when nonequilibrium is caused by the effect of a microwave electromagnetic field of frequency ..cap omega..>2..delta.. as well as tunnel injection of excitations in a S--I--S contact at the voltage V>2..delta../e (..delta.. is the magnitude of the superconductor energy gap). Solutions of the kinetic equations for the nonequilibrium quasiparticle distribution function f/sub epsilon/ are obtained by numerical methods. Cases when an analytic solution is impossible (strong nonequilibrium) are examined and analyzed in detail. The spectral dependences of such quantities as ultrasound attenuation in a nonequilibrium superconductor and generation of ''2..delta.. phonons'' are investigated. The self-blocking effect of the tunnel current in a nonsymmetric S/sub 1/--I--S/sub 2/ tunnel contact is examined.

Research Organization:
Physicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Khar'kov
OSTI ID:
6691992
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 6:5; ISSN SJLPD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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