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  bibo_abstract:
  - We study the stability of the normal state in a mesoscopic NSN junction biased
    by a constant voltage V with respect to the formation of the superconducting order.
    Using the linearized time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation, we obtain the temperature
    dependence of the instability line, V inst(T), where nucleation of superconductivity
    takes place. For sufficiently low biases, a stationary symmetric superconducting
    state emerges below the instability line. For higher biases, the normal phase
    is destroyed by the formation of a nonstationary bimodal state with two superconducting
    nuclei localized near the opposite terminals. The low-temperature and large-voltage
    behavior of the instability line is highly sensitive to the details of the inelastic
    relaxation mechanism in the wire. Therefore, experimental studies of Vinst(T)
    in NSN junctions may be used as an effective tool to access the parameters of
    the inelastic relaxation in the normal state.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maksym
      foaf_name: Maksym Serbyn
      foaf_surname: Serbyn
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Mikhail
      foaf_name: Skvortsov, Mikhail A
      foaf_surname: Skvortsov
  bibo_doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501
  bibo_issue: '2'
  bibo_volume: 87
  dct_date: 2013^xs_gYear
  dct_publisher: American Physical Society@
  dct_title: Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased normal-superconducting-normal
    microbridge@
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