Spectral sensitivity and spectral resolution of superconducting single-photon detectors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-301

  Haas, Philipp ^a   Semenov, Alexei ^a   Hübers, Heinz Wilhelm ^a   Beyer, Jörn ^b   Kirste, Alexander ^b   Schurig, Thomas ^b   Il'in, Konstantin ^c   Siegel, Michael ^c   Engel, Andreas ^d   Smirnov, Andrey ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Childhood of State Pedagogical University   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Energy resolution; Nanostructure; Photon counter; Superconducting detector

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL RANGE; PHOTON COUNTER; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTOR;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 34547493353     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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