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Journal of Low Temperature Physics

A High-Sensitivity Microwave-Single-Photon Detector with Rydberg Atoms at Low Temperature

T. Haseyama, T. Arai, A. Fukuda, H. Funahashi, S. Ikeda, K. Imai, Yasuhito Isozumi, Takashi Kato, Yoshiaki Kido, Atsushi Matsubara, S. Matsuki, T. Mizusaki, Tomoaki Nishimura, D. Ohsawa, A. Sawada, Yoshiro Takahashi, M. Tosaki, Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Published Nov 27, 2007• 4 citations
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10.1007/s10909-007-9586-4

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