Readout electronics using single-flux-quantum circuit technology for superconducting single-photon detector array

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-353

  Terai, Hirotaka ^a   Miki, Shigetoshi ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interface circuit; NbN nanowire; Readout electronics; Single flux quantum circuit; Superconducting single photon detector

Indexed keywords

INTERFACE CIRCUIT; NBN NANOWIRE; READOUT ELECTRONICS; SINGLE-FLUX-QUANTUM CIRCUIT; SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTOR;

CROSSBAR EQUIPMENT; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC WIRE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOGIC CIRCUITS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TIMING JITTER;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 68649114053     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2019029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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