Voltage jumps in the current--voltage characteristics of superconductive channels

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6850133

Bezuglyi, E V; Bratus', E N; Galaiko, V P

A previously developed theory )(V. P. Galaiko, ''Critical currents for resistive states in superconductive channels'', Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 66, 379--390 (1974) (Sov. Phys. JETP 39, 181 (1974))) of the nonlinear response of a superconductor to nonequilibrium longitudinal electric fields is used to study the structure of the resistive state in narrow superconductive channels. The experimentally observed ''jumps'' in the current--voltage characteristics of tin whiskers are explained.

• Research Organization: Physicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
• OSTI ID: 6850133
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Low Temp. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 3:8; ISSN SJLPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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