Response of an on-chip coil-integrated superconducting tunnel junction to x-rays

K Maehata, T Taino, A Hora, T Ariyoshi, N Mori, K Ishibashi, Y Matsumoto, H Nakagawa, H Akoh, K Kikuchi, M Aoyagi, H Sato

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Abstract

An on-chip coil-integrated superconducting tunnel junction (OC2-STJ) was irradiated by X-rays emitted from an Fe-55 source to the examine the performance of X-ray detection by applying a magnetic field produced by a superconducting microstrip coil integrated into the junction chip. Response characteristics were obtained for a diamond-shaped Nb-based tunnel junction with a sensitive area of 100 x 100 mum(2) in the OC2-STJ chip. Two kinds of stable operation modes with different pulse heights were observed by changing the magnetic flux density in the barrier region of the junction. In the low-pulse-height mode, the pulse height distribution exhibits two full-energy corresponding to signals created in the top and base electrodes. Stable operation of the OC2-STJ was demonstrated without using conventional external electromagnets.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2860-2863
Number of pages4
JournalJAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS
Volume42
Issue number5A
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2003

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