S-Cam A cryogenic camera for optical astronomy based on superconducting tunnel junctions.

S-Cam A cryogenic camera for optical astronomy based on superconducting tunnel junctions.

S-Cam is a cryogenic camera for ground-based astronomy using superconducting tunnel junctions (STJ's). It has been designed as a technology demonstrator, aiming to prove the potential of a new generation of single photon-counting detectors at a ground-based telescope. The camera is based on a 6...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Transactions on applied superconductivity 10, 2 (2000).
Main Author: Rando, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
350 mK.
Crab pulsar.
ESTEC.
Josephson junctions.
S-Cam.
Ta-Al.
William Herschel Telescope.
Absorption position.
Arrival time.
Cryogenic camera.
Cryogenic detector performance.
Optical astronomy.
Single photon-counting detectors.
Superconducting tunnel junctions.