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Observation of Transient Response of Nb Superconducting Thin Film to a Single-Heavy-Ion Impact
Stanislaw J. Lewandowski,E. Paumier,Y. Quere,Roman Sobolewski,Marcel Toulemonde,J. Konopka,J. Dural,H. Bielska-Lewandowska,Piotr Gierlowski,Grzegorz Jung,Jin-Yun-Fan +10 more
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In this article, a superconducting Nb film was observed to have a rise time of less than 150 ps (resolution limit of the electronic detection system) and decay time varying from 2 to 1.3 ns.Abstract:
Transient response of a 2500 A thick superconducting Nb film to the impact of a single 129Xe50+ ion of total energy 3.2 GeV, transferring about 2.4 keV/A of electronic excitation energy, was observed by means of a superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel junction attached to the film some distance away from the impact point. The response had rise time of less than 150 ps (resolution limit of the electronic detection system) and decay time varying from 2 to 1.3 ns as function of temperature. Main experimental features, if not finer details, are in good agreement with Rothwarf and Taylor theory of nonequilibrium processes in superconductors.read more
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