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Charge-Carrier Collection by Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors Deposited on Silicon
Physics
  • Brian L. Dougherty
  • Blas Cabrera
  • Adrian T. Lee
  • Michael J. Penn
  • Betty A. Young, Santa Clara University
  • J. G. Pronko
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1993
Publisher
Elsevier
Disciplines
Abstract

Superconducting transition-edge sensors deposited on high-purity silicon have been found to operate in two distinct “modes”, distinguished by different intrinsic gains. We propose that this gain-shift is due to a change in the prompt collection of energy carried by electrons and holes.

Citation Information
Dougherty, B. L., Cabrera, B., Lee, A. T., Penn, M. J., Young, B. A., & Pronko, J. G. (1993). Charge-carrier collection by superconducting transition-edge sensors deposited on silicon. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 333(2), 464–468. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(93)91193-Q