A broadband superconducting detector suitable for use in large arrays

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6960, 2003, Pages 817-821

  Day, Peter K ^a   LeDuc, Henry G ^a   Mazin, Benjamin A ^b   Vayonakis, Anastasios ^b   Zmuidzinas, Jonas ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COSMIC RAYS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CRYOGENIC DETECTORS; ENERGY RESOLUTION;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CAMERA; DEVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0242300181     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02037     Document Type: Article

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