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Passive measurement of flux nucleation in the current-induced resistive state of type I superconductors

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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Flux-tube nucleation rates have been measured in the current-induced resistive state of type I superconducting In films between 1.5 and 2.0 K by a completely passive technique. Indication of periodic nucleation is observed only in narrow regions of sample voltage drop, whose position is a sensitive function of temperature. Frequency bandwidth measurements of the nucleation rate yield a spectral purity of one part in 104 within the narrow regions where an experimental signal can be detected.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Morgenstelle 14, D-7400, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    K. P. Selig, D. E. Chimenti & R. P. Huebener

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Selig, K.P., Chimenti, D.E. & Huebener, R.P. Passive measurement of flux nucleation in the current-induced resistive state of type I superconductors. Z Physik B 29, 33–38 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01354835

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