Characteristics of large Nb-based tunnel junctions for x-ray detection

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作者
Maehata, K
Ishibashi, K
Nakagawa, H
Akoh, H
Joosse, K
Takada, S
Katagiri, M
机构
[1] ELECTROTECH LAB,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] JAPAN ATOM ENERGY RES INST,TOKAI,IBARAKI 31911,JAPAN
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10.1109/77.622096
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A high quality Nh-based tunnel junction with a dimension of 200 mu m x 200 mu m was tested by irradiating with x-rays. Two kinds of stable operation modes were observed by applying a magnetic field with different ramping speeds. The junction exhibited a good response to x-rays of 5.9 keV, and FWHM (full width at half maximum) of 93 eV was obtained.
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