Photoinduced Local Nonequilibrium States in Superconductors: Hot Spot Model

The so-called hot spot model is often used to study problems concerning the local heating of electrons and phonons and local suppression of superconductivity by electromagnetic radiation. This model implies that the dynamics of a system in a certain time interval can be described by a locally equili...

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Published in:JETP letters 2018-08, Vol.108 (4), p.270-278
Main Authors: Vadimov, V. L., Vodolazov, D. Yu, Mironov, S. V., Mel’nikov, A. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic
Biological and Medical Physics
Biophysics
Distribution functions
Dynamic response
Electromagnetic radiation
Electron distribution
Electron energy
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Phonons
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Information Technology
Scientific Summaries
Solid State Physics
Spintronics
Superconductivity
Thermodynamics
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Summary:The so-called hot spot model is often used to study problems concerning the local heating of electrons and phonons and local suppression of superconductivity by electromagnetic radiation. This model implies that the dynamics of a system in a certain time interval can be described by a locally equilibrium electron distribution function, but the electron temperature T e differs from the equilibrium value. Such an assumption makes it possible to use the heat equation to study the temporal and spatial dynamics of T e and significantly simplifies the study of the dynamic response of a superconductor. Examples of the use of this model to describe nonequilibrium effects occurring in systems with different types of superconducting pairing under electromagnetic irradiation have been presented in this work.
ISSN:0021-3640
1090-6487
DOI:10.1134/S0021364018160105