dc.contributor.author | Serbyn, Maksym | |
dc.contributor.author | Skvortsov, Mikhail A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-18T14:36:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-18T14:36:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2012-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-0121 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-235X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88748 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study the stability of the normal state in a mesoscopic NSN junction biased by a constant voltage V with respect to the formation of the superconducting order. Using the linearized time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation, we obtain the temperature dependence of the instability line, V[subscript inst] (T), where nucleation of superconductivity takes place. For sufficiently low biases, a stationary symmetric superconducting state emerges below the instability line. For higher biases, the normal phase is destroyed by the formation of a nonstationary bimodal state with two superconducting nuclei localized near the opposite terminals. The low-temperature and large-voltage behavior of the instability line is highly sensitive to the details of the inelastic relaxation mechanism in the wire. Therefore, experimental studies of V[subscript inst] (T) in NSN junctions may be used as an effective tool to access the parameters of the inelastic relaxation in the normal state. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.title | Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased normal-superconducting-normal microbridge | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Serbyn, Maksym, and Mikhail A. Skvortsov. “Onset of Superconductivity in a Voltage-Biased Normal-Superconducting-Normal Microbridge.” Phys. Rev. B 87, no. 2 (January 2013). © 2013 American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Serbyn, Maksym | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review B | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Serbyn, Maksym; Skvortsov, Mikhail A. | en_US |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |