Direct Measurement of Quasiparticle-Lifetime Broadening in a Strong-Coupled Superconductor

@article{citeulike:1275398, abstract = {We have measured the quasiparticle recombination time in the strong-coupled superconductor Pb 0.9 Bi 0.1 directly by measuring the lifetime-broadened energy gap edge. This is done by measuring the I - V characteristics of a superconducting tunnel junction of the type Pb 0.9 Bi 0.1 -insulator-Pb 0.9 Bi 0.1 . Agreement with the calculated value is excellent.}, author = {Dynes, R. C. and Narayanamurti, V. and Garno, J. P. }, citeulike-article-id = {1275398}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.1509}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {dynes\_formula}, month = {November}, number = {21}, pages = {1509+}, posted-at = {2007-05-03 22:05:42}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Direct Measurement of Quasiparticle-Lifetime Broadening in a Strong-Coupled Superconductor}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.1509}, volume = {41}, year = {1978} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1275398 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1275398 TI - Direct Measurement of Quasiparticle-Lifetime Broadening in a Strong-Coupled Superconductor JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 41 IS - 21 SP - 1509 PB - American Physical Society N2 - We have measured the quasiparticle recombination time in the strong-coupled superconductor Pb 0.9 Bi 0.1 directly by measuring the lifetime-broadened energy gap edge. This is done by measuring the I - V characteristics of a superconducting tunnel junction of the type Pb 0.9 Bi 0.1 -insulator-Pb 0.9 Bi 0.1 . Agreement with the calculated value is excellent. KW - dynes_formula AU - Dynes, RC AU - Narayanamurti, V AU - Garno, JP PY - 1978/11/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.41.1509 ER -