Quasiparticle relaxation rates inNb/AlOx/Nbtunnel junctions due to Abrikosov vortices
作者:
J. B. le Grand,
J. Martin,
R. P. Huebener,
A. W. Hamster,
G. C. S. Brons,
J. Flokstra,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Physics
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 81,
issue 11
页码: 7413-7417
ISSN:0021-8979
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1063/1.365281
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Superconducting tunnel junctions are promising detector elements in next generation x-ray, UV, and optical detectors. Quasiparticles which approach the neighborhood of the normal core may scatter and emit a phonon, thus being trapped in the Abrikosov vortex (AV). In this way the existence of AVs reduces the lifetime of quasiparticles. In this experiment excess quasiparticles in aNb/AlOx/Nbjunction are created by means of a low temperature scanning electron microscope. The trapping rate of quasiparticles into AVs is determined by measuring the quasiparticle lifetime as a function of the AV concentration. This results in an effective trapping radius of the AV of14.8±1.4 nm,which is slightly less than theoretical expectations. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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