Nonequilibrium quasiparticle-energy distributions in weakly illuminated aluminum-aluminum-oxide-lead-bismuth tunnel junctions are obtained from current-voltage characteristics. A highly accurate method of unfolding $I(V)$ to deduce $f(E)$ is presented which is applicable for asymmetric-tunnel-junction analysis. Illumination from either side of the tunnel junction was performed, with differing resulting tunneling behavior. The unfolded results in both cases are in good agreement with a T* description of the nonequilibrium quasiparticle distribution on the aluminum side.
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