Characterization of an STJ-based direct detector of submillimeter waves

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 920-923

  Ariyoshi, Seiichiro ^a   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^b   Otani, Chiko ^a   Sato, Hiromi ^a   Shimizu, Hirohiko M ^a   Kawase, Kodo ^a   Noguchi, Takashi ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct detectors; Josephson junctions; Niobium; Submillimeter wave detectors

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; CRYOSTATS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROSTRIP LINES; NIOBIUM; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

DIRECT DETECTORS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVE DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MICROSTRIP LINE;

SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 22044452951     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.850119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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