Single-photon-counting hotspot detector with integrated RSFQ readout electronics

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4487-4490

  Gupta, Deepnarayan ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HOT CARRIERS; INFRARED DETECTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; RADIATION COUNTERS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SQUIDS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

HOT ELECTRON BOLOMETER; RAPID SINGLE FLUX QUANTUM CIRCUIT; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING DETECTOR;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0032660873     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784022     Document Type: Article

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