Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2010-08-13
Physical Review B Vol.83, No.10, March 2011
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
7 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.83.104509
Spatially resolved relaxation of non-equilibrium quasiparticles in a superconductor at ultra-low temperatures was experimentally studied. It was found that the quasiparticle injection through a tunnel junction results in modification of the shape of I-V characteristic of a remote `detector' junction. The effect depends on temperature, injection current and proximity to the injector. The phenomena can be understood in terms of creation of quasiparticle charge and energy disequilibrium characterized by two different length scales $\Lambda_{Q^{\ast}}$ $\sim5$ $\mu$m and $\Lambda_{T^{\ast}}\sim$ $40$ $\mu$m. The findings are in good agreement with existing phenomenological models, while more elaborated microscopic theory is mandatory for detailed quantitative comparison with experiment. The results are of fundamental importance for understanding electron transport phenomena in various nanoelectronic circuits.
Arutyunov Yu. K.
Auraneva H.-P.
Vasenko Andrey S.
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