Current-Induced Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Quasi-One-Dimensional Superconductors

✍ Scribed by Dr. Reinhard Tidecks (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 349
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 121
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Starting from the early experiments, this detailed presentation, containing more than 500 references, provides a comprehensive review on current-induced nonequilibrium phenomena in quasi-one-dimensional superconductors, leading the reader from the fundamentals to the most recent research results. Experiments on monocrystalline filaments (whiskers) - including those obtained by the author - are compared with results on long thin film microbridges and related species and interpreted within the theoretical framework. Instructions on experimental techniques are given and yet unresolved problems are discussed. The book is well suited as an introduction for the novice and as a handbook for the active researcher.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction....Pages 1-3
Monocrystalline filaments (whiskers)....Pages 4-8
Low temperature techniques....Pages 9-13
Basic experimental observations....Pages 14-16
Overview of theories....Pages 17-98
Equilibrium properties....Pages 99-106
Fundamental properties of phase-slip centers....Pages 107-167
The limit of long quasiparticle relaxation times....Pages 168-177
The limit of short quasiparticle relaxation times....Pages 178-197
Universal behaviour of an isolated phase-slip center: Experiment and TDGL theory....Pages 198-210
Hysteresis of the critical current....Pages 211-244
Tunable weak links....Pages 245-255
Remarks on ongoing work....Pages 256-282
Conclusions....Pages 283-286

✦ Subjects

Superconductivity, Superfluidity, Quantum Fluids