Fast resonance frequency optical modulation in superconducting stripline resonator

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1943-1950

  Arbel Segev, Eran ^b   Abdo, Baleegh ^a,b   Shtempluck, Oleg ^b   Buks, Eyal ^b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hot electron detector; NbN; Optical modulation; Parametric excitation; Superconducting ring resonator

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONATORS;

HOT ELECTRON DETECTORS; NBN; PARAMETRIC EXCITATION; SUPERCONDUCTING RING RESONATOR;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 33748628861     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2006.874961     Document Type: Article

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