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Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Quantum Communication Applications

Chandra M. Natarajan, Martin M. Härtig, Ryan E. Warburton, Gerald S. Buller, Robert H. Hadfield, Burm Baek, Sae Woo Nam, Shigehito Miki, Mikio Fujiwara, Masahide Sasaki, Zhen Wang

Published Jan 1, 2010• 5 citations
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10.1007/978-3-642-11731-2_27

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