Superconducting tunnel junctions: Performance and physics of alternative barrier structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2808, Issue , 1996, Pages 516-522

  Jansen, F A ^a   Peacock, A ^a   Rando, N ^a   Verhoeve, P ^a   Den Hartog, R ^a   Salmi, J ^b   Suni, I ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

photon detectors; superconducting tunnel junctions; x ray

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; BARRIER STRUCTURES; BOTTOM ELECTRODES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; HIGH QUALITY; PHOTON DETECTOR; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTION; TUNNEL BARRIER;

ASTRONOMY; GAMMA RAYS; X RAYS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0005237513     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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