Single-photon detectors in the Terahertz range

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-66

  Komiyama, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Photon counting detector; quantum dot (QD); quantum well (QW); single electron transistor (SET); terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTOR; QUANTUM DOT (QD); QUANTUM WELL (QW); SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTOR (SET); TERAHERTZ;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; DETECTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSIENTS;

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

EID: 79951551917     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2048893     Document Type: Article

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