Published May 9, 1977 | Version v1
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Measurement of microwave-enhanced energy gap in superconducting aluminum by tunneling

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of California, and Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

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Al-Al2O3-Al tunnel junctions were used to measure large increases in the energy gap of superconducting aluminum films in the presence of 10-GHz microwave radiation. When the microwave power was increased at constant temperature, enchancement occurred only for temperatures at which twice the equilibrium energy only for temperatures at which twice the equilibrium energy gap exceeded the photon energy. When the temperature was increased at constant microwave power, enhancement was observed at higher temperatures

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
19
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1091-1094
ISSN
0031-9007

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