Microwave-induced excess quasiparticles in superconducting resonators measured through correlated conductivity fluctuations

P. J. de Visser, J. J. A. Baselmans, S. J. C. Yates +3

We have measured the number of quasiparticles and their lifetime in aluminium superconducting microwave resonators. The number of excess quasiparticles below 160 mK decreases from…