Hot-electron Instability in Superconductors
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High flux velocities in a superconductor can distort the quasiparticle distribution function and elevate the electronic temperature. Close to Tc, a non-thermal distribution function shrinks the vortex core producing the well-known Larkin-Ovchinnikov flux instability. In the present work we consider the opposite limit of low temperatures, where electron-electron scattering is more rapid than electron-phonon, resulting in an electronic temperature rise with a thermal-like distribution function. This produces a different kind of flux instability, due to a reduction in condensate and expansion of the vortex core. Measurements in YBCO films confirm the distinct predictions ofthis mechanism.
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