This is the fifth of a seven part series on the potential applications of superconductivity in space. The potential of superconducting microwave and infrared detectors for space applications is reviewed. The devices considered include bolometers, super-Schottky diodes and Josephson junctions operating as oscillators, mixers, and parametric amplifiers. In each case the description includes the physical mechanism, theoretical limits and the current state-of-the-art for the superconducting device as well as its nonsuperconducting competitors.


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    Title :

    Space application of superconductivity: microwave and infrared detectors


    Additional title:

    Anwendung der Supraleitung im Weltraum: Mikrowellen-- und Infrarotdetektoren


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Cryogenics ; 20 , 5 ; 235-243


    Publication date :

    1980


    Size :

    9 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 23 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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