Abstract
The behavior of a superconducting A1 film under conditions of large nonequilibrium injection of quasiparticles is studied by means of a tunnel generator and detector. At a critical injection density, , a second energy gap develops in the superconductor. The relevance to recent theories of nonequilibrium superconductivity is discussed.
- Received 11 April 1977
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.229
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