Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements

Lin, Shi-Zeng; Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar; McDonald, Ross D.; Bulaevskii, Lev N.; Holesinger, Terry G.; Ronning, Filip; Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R.; Williamson, Todd L.; Mueller, Alexander H.; Hoffbauer, Mark A.; Rabin, Michael W.; Graf, Matthias J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184507

Title: Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements

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Authors:: Lin, Shi-Zeng; Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar; McDonald, Ross D.; Bulaevskii, Lev N.; Holesinger, Terry G.; Ronning, Filip; Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R.; Williamson, Todd L.; Mueller, Alexander H.; Hoffbauer, Mark A.; Rabin, Michael W.; Graf, Matthias J.

Publication Date:: 2013-05-17

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1102705

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Lin, Shi-Zeng, Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar, McDonald, Ross D., Bulaevskii, Lev N., Holesinger, Terry G., Ronning, Filip, Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R., Williamson, Todd L., Mueller, Alexander H., Hoffbauer, Mark A., Rabin, Michael W., and Graf, Matthias J. Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Lin, Shi-Zeng, Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar, McDonald, Ross D., Bulaevskii, Lev N., Holesinger, Terry G., Ronning, Filip, Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R., Williamson, Todd L., Mueller, Alexander H., Hoffbauer, Mark A., Rabin, Michael W., & Graf, Matthias J. Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184507

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                    Lin, Shi-Zeng, Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar, McDonald, Ross D., Bulaevskii, Lev N., Holesinger, Terry G., Ronning, Filip, Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R., Williamson, Todd L., Mueller, Alexander H., Hoffbauer, Mark A., Rabin, Michael W., and Graf, Matthias J. Fri .  
"Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184507.

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@article{osti_1102705,

  title        = {Characterization of the thin-film NbN superconductor for single-photon detection by transport measurements},

  author       = {Lin, Shi-Zeng and Ayala-Valenzuela, Oscar and McDonald, Ross D. and Bulaevskii, Lev N. and Holesinger, Terry G. and Ronning, Filip and Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R. and Williamson, Todd L. and Mueller, Alexander H. and Hoffbauer, Mark A. and Rabin, Michael W. and Graf, Matthias J.},

  abstractNote = {},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184507},

  journal      = {Physical Review B},

  number       = 18,

  volume       = 87,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2013},

  month        = {5}

}

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