Optimal choice of material for heb superconducting mixers

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4213-4216

  Karasik, Boris S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BOLOMETERS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; HOT CARRIERS; NIOBIUM; NITRIDES; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM FILM; DIFFUSION COOLING; ELECTRON PHONON INTERACTION; ELECTRON PHONON RELAXATION; HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; NIOBIUM FILM; NIOBIUM NITRIDE FILM; PHONON COOLING;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0032646278     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.783954     Document Type: Article

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