Microwave SINIS Detectors
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Abstract
This review presents the main characteristics and mechanisms of operation of superconductor–insulator–normal metal–insulator–superconductor (SINIS) microwave detectors. An analysis of the detectors’ performance against a quantum detector and a photon counter is given. Methods for cooling a superconductor using normal metal traps and the role of electron cooling in optimizing the current response to terahertz radiation are discussed. Fabrication methods using shadow evaporation as well as magnetron sputtering are described.
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OpenAlex topics: Superconducting and THz Device Technology · Terahertz technology and applications · Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
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Affiliations
V. Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of RAS, 103907 Moscow, Russia
Institute of Applied Physics of RAS, 603155 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
P. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of RAS, 119334 Moscow, Russia
Funding
the Russian Foundation for Basic Research project · the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
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