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Mixer Performance Degradation Due to Contact Resistance in NbN Phonon-cooled Hot-electron Bolometers

H. Merke, P. Khosropanah, K. S. Yngvesson, Serguei Cherednichenko, M. Kroug, Aurèle J. L. Adam, E. Kollberg

Published Dec 1, 2001• 0 citations
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