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We have studied the diffusive current of quasiparticles in long superconducting tin microbridges in two different experiments. In the first experiment, the influence of quasiparticle current generated by one phase-slip center upon the appearance of other phase-slip centers in the same microbridge is examined. In the second experiment, the spatial dependence of the chemical potential of the quasiparticles generated in a single phase-slip center is measured directly. The results of these experiments demonstrate conclusively the exponential decay of both the quasiparticle current and potential from the center of the phase-slip center, and the measured values of the characteristic diffusion length agree well with theoretical predictions, both in magnitude and temperature dependence.
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The research was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research, the Joint Services Electronics Program, and the National Science Foundation.
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Aponte, J.M., Tinkham, M. Spatial decay of the quasiparticle current in phase-slip centers. J Low Temp Phys 51, 189–206 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00683422
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