High quality Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb superconducting tunnel junctions for radiation detection

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 702-704

  Joosse, K ^a   Nakagawa, H ^a   Akoh, H ^a   Takada, S ^a   Maehata, K ^b   Ishibashi, K ^b  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANODIC OXIDATION; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; NIOBIUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SILICA; X RAYS;

ALUMINUM OXIDES; BASE ELECTRODES; COUNTERELECTRODES; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0029770580     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116597     Document Type: Article

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