minigap

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ gap.

Noun

minigap (plural minigaps)

1. A small gap
   • 2015, D. S. Antonenko, M. A. Skvortsov, “Quantum decay of the supercurrent and intrinsic capacitance of Josephson junctions beyond the tunnel limit”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     The intrinsic capacitance can generally be estimated as $C_{*}\sim G/E_{g}$, where $G$ is the normal-state conductance of the junction and $E_{g}$ is the proximity minigap in its normal part.