Future optical detectors based on Al superconducting tunnel junctions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5499, Issue , 2004, Pages 269-280

  Brammertz, G ^a   Verhoeve, P ^a   Martin, D ^a   Peacock, A ^a   Venn, R ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Cambridge MicroFab Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al; Nb; Optical detectors; Optical spectroscopy; Photon counting; Superconducting Tunnel Junctions; Ta

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEMAGNETIZATION; INSULATING MATERIALS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; NIOBIUM; PHOTONS; TANTALUM;

OPTICAL DETECTORS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON-COUNTING; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 12744272144     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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