The influence of a parallel magnetic field on the quasiparticle recombination time of superconducting tin tunneling junctions has been determined experimentally. The results are compared with the predictions of a theoretical model that takes into account the modification of the quasiparticle density of states by the applied magnetic field.

The question of which non-interacting Green's function 'best' describes an interacting many-body electronic system is both of fundamental interest as well as of practical importance in describing electronic properties of materials in a realistic manner. Here, we study this question within the framework of Baym-Kadanoff theory, an approach where one locates the stationary point of a total energy...

We generalize the numerical renormalization group scheme of Ref. [Honerkamp et al.(2001)Honerkamp, Salmhofer, Furukawa, and Rice, Zanchi and Schulz(2000), Halboth and Metzner(2000)] to study the phonon-mediated retarded interactions in the high Tc cuprates. We find that three sets of phonon-mediated retarded quasiparticle scatterings grow under RG flow. These scatterings share the following com...

in this paper, we calculate theoretically the relaxation rates of hot, thermal and antinodal quasiparticles by using fermi’s golden rule. the transition probabilities at low temperatures express in terms of bogoliubov coefficients, singlet and triplet scattering amplitudes and dimensionless landau parameters. the values of landau parameters may be determined by comparison with the experimental ...

We report time-resolved measurements of the photoinduced change in reflectivity, DeltaR, in the Bi2Sr2Ca(1-y)Dy(y)Cu2O8+delta (BSCCO) system of cuprate superconductors as a function of hole concentration. We find that the kinetics of quasiparticle decay and the sign of DeltaR both change abruptly where the superconducting transition temperature T(c) is maximal. These coincident changes suggest ...

We report progress on the microlithographic fabrication of Nb-Ta-AI-AlOx-AI structures designed for x-ray detection. These structures use bandgap engineering both for quasiparticle trapping to increase the collection efficiency and to prevent quasiparticle diffusion out through the leads. Non-standard tunnel junction geometries are used to reduce the magnetic field needed to suppress the Joseph...