---
_id: '971'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 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.
acknowledgement: We are grateful to M. V. Feigel'man, A. Kamenev, T. M. Klapwijk,
  J. P. Pekola, V. V. Ryazanov, J. C. W. Song, and D. Y. Vodolazov for discussions.
author:
- first_name: Maksym
  full_name: Maksym Serbyn
  id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Serbyn
  orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827
- first_name: Mikhail
  full_name: Skvortsov, Mikhail A
  last_name: Skvortsov
citation:
  ama: Serbyn M, Skvortsov M. Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased normal-superconducting-normal
    microbridge. <i>Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics</i>.
    2013;87(2). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501">10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501</a>
  apa: Serbyn, M., &#38; Skvortsov, M. (2013). Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased
    normal-superconducting-normal microbridge. <i>Physical Review B - Condensed Matter
    and Materials Physics</i>. American Physical Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501</a>
  chicago: Serbyn, Maksym, and Mikhail Skvortsov. “Onset of Superconductivity in a
    Voltage-Biased Normal-Superconducting-Normal Microbridge.” <i>Physical Review
    B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics</i>. American Physical Society, 2013.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501</a>.
  ieee: M. Serbyn and M. Skvortsov, “Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased
    normal-superconducting-normal microbridge,” <i>Physical Review B - Condensed Matter
    and Materials Physics</i>, vol. 87, no. 2. American Physical Society, 2013.
  ista: Serbyn M, Skvortsov M. 2013. Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased
    normal-superconducting-normal microbridge. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter
    and Materials Physics. 87(2).
  mla: Serbyn, Maksym, and Mikhail Skvortsov. “Onset of Superconductivity in a Voltage-Biased
    Normal-Superconducting-Normal Microbridge.” <i>Physical Review B - Condensed Matter
    and Materials Physics</i>, vol. 87, no. 2, American Physical Society, 2013, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501">10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501</a>.
  short: M. Serbyn, M. Skvortsov, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials
    Physics 87 (2013).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:49:28Z
date_published: 2013-01-02T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:22:20Z
day: '02'
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.020501
extern: 1
intvolume: '        87'
issue: '2'
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.6004
month: '01'
oa: 1
publication: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
publist_id: '6429'
quality_controlled: 0
status: public
title: Onset of superconductivity in a voltage-biased normal-superconducting-normal
  microbridge
type: journal_article
volume: 87
year: '2013'
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