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Chinese Physics, 2007, Vol. 16(9): 2656-2660    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/16/9/027
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Tunnelling cooling by a normal--vacuum--superconductor junction

Zhang Xin(张鑫)a)b)† and Zhang Dian-Lin(张殿琳)b)
a Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China; b Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Abstract  The possibility of cooling a system from liquid helium temperature, 4.2 K, using a tunnel junction refrigerator is analysed. Calculations show that the device can be used over a wide temperature range from 4 K down to well below 1 mK with necessary cooling power. However, several serious difficulties must be overcome before the method can be used in low temperature laboratories.
Keywords:  normal--vacuum--superconductor junction      tunnelling refrigeration      low temperature  
Received:  07 March 2007      Revised:  12 March 2007      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  07.20.Mc (Cryogenics; refrigerators, low-temperature detectors, and other low-temperature equipment)  
  74.45.+c (Proximity effects; Andreev reflection; SN and SNS junctions)  
  74.50.+r (Tunneling phenomena; Josephson effects)  

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Zhang Xin(张鑫) and Zhang Dian-Lin(张殿琳) Tunnelling cooling by a normal--vacuum--superconductor junction 2007 Chinese Physics 16 2656

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