Nb-based superconducting tunnel junctions as submillimeter-wave direct detectors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1128-1131

  Ariyoshi, Seiichiro ^a   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^b   Otani, Chiko ^c   Sato, Hiromi ^c   Shimizu, Hirohiko ^c   Matsunaga, Teruhiko ^d   Noguchi, Takashi ^d  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b National Astronomical Observatory of Japan   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focal plane array; Niobium tunnel junction; Submillimeter wave; Superconducting direct detectors

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

SUPERCONDUCTING DIRECT DETECTORS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0042440787     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.814172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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