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Superconducting tunneling junctions are metal-oxide-metal structures where the insulating oxide is thin enough so that electrons can tunnel quantum mechanically from one side to the other. These are extremely versatile devices, and were used, among other things, for fast switching computer elements, low noise microwave mixers, ultra sensitive magnetic flux detectors (SQUID), and highly repoducible voltage standards. The junctions are also well suited for the generation and the detection of phonons. This will be the subject of the present lecture.
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Kinder, H. (1985). Monochromatic Phonon Genearation by Superconducting Tunnel Junctions. In: Bron, W.E. (eds) Nonequilibrium Phonon Dynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 124. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2501-7_4
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