Diffusive Quasiparticle Instability toward Multiple-Gap States in a Tunnel-Injected Nonequilibrium Superconductor
- 18 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 44 (7) , 486-489
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.44.486
Abstract
Experimental observations of multiple-gap states in a strongly tunnel-injected non-equilibrium superconductor are reported. A phenomenological model based on quasi-particle diffusion successfully accounts for the qualitative features of these observations.Keywords
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