Ultrasonic Attenuation in Dirty Superconductors

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1 June 1970

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 1 (11) , 4304-4307
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.1.4304

Abstract

Experimental support for the theory of the attenuation

α

of ultrasonic waves in dirty superconductors has been obtained with 10-GHz longitudinal waves in mercury-indium alloys.

α

varies as

H_{c 2} - H

near

H_{c 2}

and the slope

\frac{Δ α}{Δ H}

has the predicted value.

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