Ultrafast photoresponse in microbridges and pulse propagation in transmission lines made from high-Tc superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 668-677

  Lindgren, Mikael ^b,e,f,g   Currie, Marc ^a,b,g,h,i   Williams, Carlo A ^a,b,g,i   Hsiang, Thomas Y ^b,f,g,i,j,k   Fauchet, Philippe M ^{a,b,i,l,m,n,o}   Sobolewski, Roman ^b,g,i,p,q   Moffat, Steven H ^c,r,s   Hughes, Robert A ^c   Preston, John S ^c   Hegmann, Frank A ^d  

^a IEEE

^b University of Rochester ^*

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f Dept of Optoelectronics and Elec ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

^k AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^l FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^p POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^q INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^r QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^s MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRON HEATING MODEL; ELECTROOPTIC SAMPLING; MICROBRIDGES; PHOTORESPONSE;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0030230638     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571767     Document Type: Article

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