Passivation, transition width, and noise for YBCO bolometers on silicon

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4471-4474

  McDonald, D G ^a   Phelan, R J ^a  

^a Boulder Metric Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; THERMOMETERS; THIN FILMS;

NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER; STRONTIUM TITANATE; TRANSITION WIDTH;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 0032663512     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784018     Document Type: Article

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