• DocumentCode
    970040
  • Title

    Superconductive tunneling devices as millimeter wave photon detectors

  • Author

    Tucker, J.R. ; Millea, M.F.

  • Author_Institution
    IEEE TMAG
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    1/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    288
  • Lastpage
    290
  • Abstract
    A quantum generalization of microwave mixer theory predicts that superconductive tunneling devices may be employed as ultrasensitive low noise photon detectors at millimeter wave frequencies.
  • Keywords
    Millimeter-wave detectors; Schottky-barrier diodes; Semiconductor diodes; Superconducting devices; Tunnel effect; Detectors; Frequency; Millimeter wave devices; Quantum mechanics; Schottky diodes; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconductivity; Tunneling; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1979.1060184
  • Filename
    1060184