Development of superconducting tunnel junctions with an aluminum-oxide insulation layer for x-ray detection

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4475-4478

  Sato, H ^a   Ikeda, T ^a   Kato, H ^a   Kawai, K ^a   Miyasaka, H ^a   Oku, T ^a   Ootani, W ^a   Otani, C ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); LEAKAGE CURRENTS; NIOBIUM; PHONONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; X RAYS;

BUFFER LAYER; INSULATION LAYER; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTION; X RAY DETECTION;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0032655217     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784019     Document Type: Article

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