SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS AS PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTORS IN THE INFRARED TO THE ULTRAVIOLET

Authors
VERHOEVE P RANDO N PEACOCK A VANDORDRECHT A POELAERT A GOLDIE DJ
Citation
P. Verhoeve et al., SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS AS PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTORS IN THE INFRARED TO THE ULTRAVIOLET, IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 7(2), 1997, pp. 3359-3362
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity → ACNP
ISSN journal
10518223
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Part
3
Pages
3359 - 3362
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-8223(1997)7:2<3359:STAPDI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Photon counting experiments with Ta/Al superconducting tunnel junction s are presented. Single photon detection is demonstrated in the wavele ngth range lambda=200-2000 nm with a resolving power lambda/Delta lamb da\=22-4. The response of the detector shows good linearity with photo n energy.