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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Fast, single-photon detection with a superconducting Nb nanowire

Anthony J. Annunziata, Andrew Mack, Joel Chudow, Daniel F. Santavicca, A. Frydman, Michael J. Rooks, Luigi Frunzio, D. E. Prober

Published Mar 14, 2008• 0 citations
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