TY - JOUR
T1 - Response of an on-chip coil-integrated superconducting tunnel junction to X-rays
AU - Maehata, Keisuke
AU - Taino, Tohru
AU - Hora, Akihito
AU - Ariyosh, Tetsuya
AU - Mori, Naoto
AU - Ishibashi, Kenji
AU - Matsumoto, Yuzuru
AU - Nakagawa, Hiroshi
AU - Akoh, Hiroshi
AU - Kikuchi, Katsuya
AU - Aoyagi, Masahiro
AU - Sato, Hiromi
PY - 2003/5
Y1 - 2003/5
N2 - An on-chip coil-integrated superconducting tunnel junction (OC2-STJ) was irradiated by X-rays emitted from an 55Fe 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 × 100 μm2 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 peaks corresponding to signals created in the top and base electrodes. Stable operation of the OC2-STJ was demonstrated without using conventional external electromagnets.
AB - An on-chip coil-integrated superconducting tunnel junction (OC2-STJ) was irradiated by X-rays emitted from an 55Fe 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 × 100 μm2 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 peaks corresponding to signals created in the top and base electrodes. Stable operation of the OC2-STJ was demonstrated without using conventional external electromagnets.
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U2 - 10.1143/jjap.42.2860
DO - 10.1143/jjap.42.2860
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037697359
VL - 42
SP - 2860
EP - 2863
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
SN - 0021-4922
IS - 5 A
ER -