PULSES INDUCED IN TUNNELING CURRENTS BETWEEN SUPERCONDUCTORS BY ALPHA-PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT

被引:89
作者
WOOD, GH
WHITE, BL
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.1652983
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A superconducting tunnel junction was bombarded with alpha particles and the resulting pulses in the quasiparticle tunneling current were observed. The possibility of utilizing this effect in nuclear spectrometry is discussed. © 1969 The American Institute of Physics.
引用
收藏
页码:237 / &
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]  
ANDREWS DH, 1944, PHYS REV, V76, P154
[2]  
CRITTENDEN EC, PRIVATE COMMUNICATIO
[3]  
DEARNALEY G, 1966, SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTE
[4]  
DOUGLAS DH, 1964, PROG LOW TEMP PHYS, V4
[5]   STUDY OF SUPERCONDUCTORS BY ELECTRON TUNNELING [J].
GIAEVER, I ;
MEGERLE, K .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1961, 122 (04) :1101-&
[6]   UPPER LIMIT FOR QUASI-PARTICLE RECOMBINATION TIME IN A SUPERCONDUCTOR [J].
GINSBERG, DM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1962, 8 (05) :204-&
[7]   SUPERCURRENTS THROUGH BARRIERS [J].
JOSEPHSO.BD .
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS, 1965, 14 (56) :419-&
[8]   MEASUREMENT OF RECOMBINATION LIFETIMES IN SUPERCONDUCTORS [J].
ROTHWARF, A ;
TAYLOR, BN .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1967, 19 (01) :27-&
[9]   SUPERCONDUCTING NUCLEAR PARTICLE DETECTOR [J].
SHERMAN, NK .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1962, 8 (11) :438-&