On the detection of single optical photons with superconducting tunnel junction

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 7641-7646

  Peacock, A ^a   Verhoeve, P ^a   Rando, N ^a   Van Dordrecht, A ^a   Taylor, B G ^a   Erd, C ^a   Perryman, M A C ^a   Venn, R ^b   Hewlett, J ^b   Goldie, D J ^c   Lumley, J ^c   Wallis, M ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Cambridge Microfab Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ENERGY GAP; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NIOBIUM; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COOPER PAIRS; FANO FACTOR; IMAGING X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON DETECTION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031162832     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.365342     Document Type: Article

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