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The presented results are part of a feasibility study of superheated superconducting microstructure detectors. The microstructures (dots) were fabricated using thin film patterning techniques with diameters ranging from50µm up to500µm and thickness of1µm. We used arrays and single dots to study the dynamics of the superheating and supercooling phase transitions in a magnetic field parallel to the dot surface. The phase transitions were produced by either varying the applied magnetic field strength at a constant temperature or changing the bath temperature at a constant field. Preliminary results on the dynamics of the phase transitions of arrays and single indium dots will be reported.
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Berger, C., Gabutti, A., Janos, S. et al. Phase transition study of superconducting microstructures. J Low Temp Phys 93, 509–514 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693469
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