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Current-driven plasma instabilities in superconductors

K. Kempa, J. Cen, P. Bakshi

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.39.2852 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We examine here the possibility of current-driven plasma instabilities in superconductors in two temperature regimes. At low temperatures (T≈0) an instability can be generated in a layered system. Near the critical temperature (T≈Tc) an instability can occur in a single superconductor for sufficiently large drifts which might be achievable in the new high-Tc materials. These instabilities offer possibilities for new radiation-source device applications.

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