Niobium josephson junction bolometers for optical detection in the visible-infrared region

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 3866-3869

  Monticone, E ^a   Lacquaniti, V ^a   Steni, R ^a   Rajteri, M ^b   Rastello, M L ^b   Parlato, L ^c,d   Ammendola, G ^c  

^a Thin Film Department   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHTING; PHOTONS; SUBSTRATES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

NIOBIUM JOSEPHSON JUNCTION BOLOMETERS; OPTICAL DETECTION; VISIBLE INFRARED REGION;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0032644833     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.783871     Document Type: Article

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