DOI: 10.1063/1.90479. Photon detection in nonlinear tunneling devices

Photon detection in nonlinear tunneling devices

10.1063/1.90479

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Applied Physics Letters (317)

Abstract

A quantum generalization of classical microwave mixer theory is developed to project the performance of nonlinear tunneling barriers at high frequencies. The results demonstrate that such devices may be considered photon detectors when their conductance varies rapidly on a scale of voltage h/ω/e. Tunnel barrier mixers are thus shown to offer potential for the development of wide-band quantum noise limited detectors in the wavelength region from 10 μm to a few millimeters.

Bibliography

Tucker, J. R., & Millea, M. F. (1978). Photon detection in nonlinear tunneling devices. Applied Physics Letters, 33(7), 611â613.

Authors 2

J. R. Tucker (first)
M. F. Millea (additional)

References 10 Referenced 55

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Dates

Type	When
Created	22 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 13, 2003, 3:32 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 5, 2024, 5:50 a.m.)
Indexed	4 months, 2 weeks ago (April 3, 2025, 7:44 a.m.)
Issued	46 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1978)
Published	46 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1978)
Published Print	46 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1978)

Funders 0

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BibTeX

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