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Technical Physics Letters

Fast-response superconducting electronic bolometer

Eugene M. Gershenzon, Murray Gershenzon, Gregory N Gol'tsman, B. S. Karasik, A. M. Lyul'kin

Published Feb 1, 1989• 0 citations
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