Conversion of phase-slip lines into elementary resistive domains in a current-carrying superconducting thin film

2003/05/31 by E. V. Il'ichev, V. I. Kuznetsov, V. A. Tulin
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.supr-con #cond-mat.mes-hall

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published as JETP Letters 56, 295 (1992) [Russian original: Pis'ma v Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 56, 297 (1992)] · 3 pages, 3 figures, RevTex4. Present address of the first author added

arxiv created 2004/06/23 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

A nonmonotonic dependence of the differential resistance of the first step of a phase-slip line on the heat-reservoir temperature near Tc has been observed experimentally for the first time in a superconducting tin film. This behavior is interpreted as a conversion of the phase-slip line into an elementary resistive domain as the result of a deviation from the isothermal conditions.

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