For the first phase-slip center in superconducting whiskers of zinc and zinc-silver alloys the normalized “normal-like length” and “zero-voltage intercept” are plotted as a function of the “pair-breaking parameter,” which ranges between 4 × 103 and 2 × 104. A comparison is made with results from aluminum microbridges and the prediction of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory.
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Schulz, U., Tidecks, R. Universal behavior of an isolated phase-slip center: Extension to high pair-breaking parameters. J Low Temp Phys 71, 63–68 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00115041
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