A nb single crystal x-ray detector read out by superconductive tunnel junctions

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2951-2954

  Van Den Berg, M L ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MICROSCOPES; NIOBIUM; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; X RAY APPARATUS;

LOW TEMPERATURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; NIOBIUM SINGLE CRYSTAL X RAY DETECTOR; SUPERCONDUCTIVE TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0032655576     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.783649     Document Type: Article

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