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Voltage-Biased Superconducting Transition-Edge Bolometer with Strong Electrothermal Feedback Operated at 370 mK

S F Lee, J M Gildemeister, W Holmes

    Applied Optics
    |February 15, 2008
    PubMed
    Summary

    This study demonstrates a voltage-biased superconducting bolometer (VSB) with strong electrothermal feedback, significantly reducing response time to 13 ms. The device achieved a low noise equivalent power of 5 x 10(-17) W/√Hz.

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