Abstract
The transition of a semiconductor to a superconducting state leads to a decrease in the thermionic current in the metal-superconducting semiconductor junction in the range of voltages close to the potential barrier height. Changes in the current-voltage characteristic are determined by the temperature and the energy gap parameter of the superconductor.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko \(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 74, No. 10, 2001, pp. 556–559.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by Kuznetsov.