Published May 27, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

''Low-temperature'' behavior of a phase-slip center

  • 1. I. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Goettingen, Bunsenstrasse 9, D-3400 Goettingen, Federal Republic of Germany (Germany, F.R.)

Description

The differential resistance of the voltage-current characteristic generated by an isolated phase-slip center in a superconducting tin whisker has been measured down to 50 mK below its critical temperature. As a function of the temperature the differential resistance shows a resonancelike behavior with a maximum at the temperature where charge-imbalance waves excited by the phase-slip center have their maximum decay length, suggesting that the observed maximum of the differential resistance gives experimental evidence for charge-imbalance waves arising from a phase-slip center

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
21
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2822-2825
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA