Experimental estimation of the hot spot size in Nb-based Josephson tunnel junctions using Abrikosov vortices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 5024-5029

  Cristiano, R ^a   Frunzio, L ^a   Pagano, S ^a   Palmieri, V G ^a,c   Lisitskii, M P ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRIKOSOV VORTICES; CIRCULAR GEOMETRY; DIRECT DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HIGH QUALITY; HOT SPOT; HOT SPOT AREA; HOT SPOT DYNAMICS; IONIZING PARTICLES; JOSEPHSON; JOSEPHSON TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; JUNCTION AREA; JUNCTION ELECTRODES; NB JUNCTIONS; PARTICLE IRRADIATION; PENETRATION DEPTH; SIZE ESTIMATION; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING STRIPS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0004833557     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.366373     Document Type: Article

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