PHOTON DETECTION IN NON-LINEAR TUNNELING DEVICES

被引：55

作者：

TUCKER, JR

MILLEA, MF

机构：

[1] Ivan A. Getting Laboratories, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1978年 / 33卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.90479

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

A quantum generalization of classical microwave mixer theory is developed to project the performance of nonlinear tunneling barriers at high frequencies. The results demonstrate that such devices may be considered photon detectors when their conductance varies rapidly on a scale of voltage hω/e. Tunnel barrier mixers are thus shown to offer potential for the development of wide-band quantum noise limited detectors in the wavelength region from 10 μm to a few millimeters.

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页码：611 / 613

页数：3

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