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Interest in the effects of microwave radiation incident on tunnel junctions first arose nearly twenty years ago in the early 1960’s. Even though research, both theoretical and experimental, has been extensive in this area, it has not been exhaustive. Recent renewed interest has been motivated by theoretical predictions and experimental observations relating to redistribution of quasiparticles and their relationship to the “gap enhancement” phenomenon. In the present paper we will describe the effect of microwaves on tunnel junctions excluding specifically “gap enhancement,” which will be described in Chapter 7 by J. E. Mooij.
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Schuller, I.K., Dahlberg, E.D. (1981). The Effect of Microwaves on Tunnel Junctions. 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_6
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