S-Cam: A cryogenic camera for optical astronomy based on superconducting tunnel junctions

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1617-1625

  Rando, N ^a   Andersson, S ^a   Collaudin, B ^a   Favata, F ^a   Gondoin, P ^a   Peacock, A ^a   Perryman, M ^a   Verveer, J ^a   Verhoeve, P ^a   Goldie, D J ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTONS;

CRYOGENIC CAMERAS; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0034207239     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.848311     Document Type: Article

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