Damping in a Superconducting Mechanical Resonator

Oren Suchoi; Eyal Buks

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/117/57008

Damping in a Superconducting Mechanical Resonator

Superconductivity 2017-05-24 v1

Authors: Oren Suchoi , Eyal Buks

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Abstract

We study a mechanical resonator made of aluminum near the normal to super conductivity phase transition. A sharp drop in the rate of mechanical damping is observed below the critical temperature. The experimental results are compared with predictions based on the Bardeen Cooper Schrieffer theory of superconductivity and a fair agreement is obtained.

Keywords

superconductivity high-temperature superconductivity superconducting tunnel junctions

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@article{arxiv.1703.05912,
  title  = {Damping in a Superconducting Mechanical Resonator},
  author = {Oren Suchoi and Eyal Buks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.05912},
  year   = {2017}
}

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