Josephson junctions as detectors for non-Gaussian noise

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 16, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 736-750

  Huard, B ^a,c   Pothier, H ^a   Birge, Norman O ^a,d   Esteve, D ^a   Waintal, X ^a   Ankerhold, J ^b  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting statistics; Josephson junction; Noise

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COUNTING STATISTICS; NOISE DETECTOR; POISSON NOISE;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 35948939303     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200710263     Document Type: Article

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