Single optical photon detection with a superconducting tunnel junction

Nature

Volumn 381, Issue 6578, 1996, Pages 135-137

  Peacock, A ^a   Verhoeve, P ^a   Rando, N ^a   Van Dordrecht, A ^a   Taylor, B G ^a   Erd, C ^a   Perryman, M A C ^a   Venn, R ^b   Howlett, J ^b   Goldie, D J ^c   Lumley, J ^c   Wallis, M ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Cambridge Microfab Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD INSTRUMENTS PLASMA TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

SINGLE OPTICAL PHOTON DETECTION; SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTION; TIME RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 5544290689     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/381135a0     Document Type: Article

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