A new noise source in superconducting tunnel junction photon detectors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 11, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 645-648

  Wilson, C M ^a   Frunzio, L ^a   Segall, K ^a   Li, L ^a   Prober, D E ^a   Schiminovich, D ^b   Mazin, B ^b   Martin, C ^b   Vasquez, R ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectors; Imaging; Noise; Spectroscopy; Superconducting devices

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SHOT NOISE; TANTALUM; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SINGLE PHOTON IMAGING SPECTROMETER; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC FLUCTUATIONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0035268752     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.919427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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