Increased in energy input increases polariton density on the surface of the silver particles and that density increase expands the extent of Bose condensation of polaritons.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:05 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to JonesBeene's message of Mon, 6 Aug 2018 08:15:34 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > >Robert Dynes of UCSD found that the transition temperature of lead (Pb) > increased when it was in contact with silver. This was unexpected. > Unfortunately for further aspects of this argument, Dynes became the head > of the UC system and exited this research niche. He had attributed the > reverse proximity effect to “the strong links that exist between electrons > in silver” which is somewhat lame – and it is possible that instead, silver > grains at the interface were developing local superconductivity which more > than compensated for what was lost with the lead. > > If the transition temperature increases, I think that makes it a better > superconductor, not worse. > As to why it increased, I suspect it's because the two metals have > different > work functions, resulting in electron migration, and a matching change in > the > lattice constants of the Pb, which in turn would alter the Tc. > > Regards, > > > Robin van Spaandonk > > local asymmetry = temporary success > >
