Dynamics of nonequilibrium quasiparticles in narrow-gap superconducting tunnel junctions
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A. G. Kozorezov,1 R. A. Hijmering,2 G. Brammertz,2 J. K. Wigmore,1 A. Peacock,2 D. Martin,2 P. Verhoeve,2 A. A. Golubov,3 and H. Rogalla3 1Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom 2Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office, SCI-A, ESTEC, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 3Department of Applied Physics, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands Received 17 July 2007; revised manuscript received 24 September 2007; published 2 January 2008
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تاریخ انتشار 2008