Superconducting tunnel junction array development for high-resolution energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 616-621

  Friedrich, S ^a,c   Mears, C A ^a   Niderost B ^a   Miller, L J ^a   Frank, M ^a   Labov, S E ^a   Barfknecht, A T ^b   Cramer, S P ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Conductus Inc ^*  (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic X ray detectors; Detector arrays; Superconducting tunnel junctions; X ray microcalorimeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251438     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S143192769898059X     Document Type: Article

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