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Fast granular superconducting bolometer

US4464065A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 1982
Grant dateAug 7, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S505/847
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A granular superconducting thin film bolometer made by anodizing a thin film of such materials as niobium nitride to form a thin granular film separated by and covered with the anodized oxide. The bolometer is cooled to its superconducting state and electrically connected to a biasing and detecting network. Its temporal response is better than 1 ns.

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