Am. Gulian et D. Vanvechten, NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SUPERCONDUCTORS - AN EXPLOITABLE BASIS FOR HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION X-RAY-DETECTORS, Applied physics letters, 67(17), 1995, pp. 2560-2562
A new design for high-energy radiation/particle detectors is presented
. The nonequilibrium response of a superconductor to the absorption of
the incident quanta is sensed by electromagnetic measurements of the
altered dynamic conductivity. Microwave absorption may be used to ampl
ify the signal. Such a detector will provide better energy resolution
than semiconducting charge-collection devices once the statistical res
olution limit is reached. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.