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This Chapter will begin with a review of the BCS theory of superconductivity and basic tunneling theory, which will form the basis for much of the discussion in other chapters. Many important nonequilibrium experiments have resulted from the use of two tunnel junctions: one to create a nonequilibrium state and another to measure it. The remainder of this Chapter will discuss examples of superimposed tunnel junctions, i.e., in which one film is common to both junctions.
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Gray, K.E. (1981). Tunneling: A Probe of Nonequilibrium Superconductivity. In: Gray, K.E. (eds) Nonequilibrium Superconductivity, Phonons, and Kapitza Boundaries. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3935-9_5
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