PRINCIPLES OF P-N JUNCTION DETECTORS
Solid state ionization p-n junction detectors
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Solid state ionization p-n junction detectors
Stress analysis at several junctions of pressurized shells
Optical absorption edge shift in reverse-biased p-n junction gallium arsenide semiconductor for light modulation
Epitaxial deposition of P-type silicon into etche grooves in N-type silicon for P-N junction for complimentary MOS-FET devices
Thin film vacuum deposited junctions
Effects of mechanical stress on breakdown voltage of p-n junctions
Equivalence of stress and electron-irradiation induced defects in degenerate p-n germanium junctions as indicated in similar voltage-anneal characteristics
Theoretical model for effect of mechanical stress on generation-recombination currents in p-n junctions
Effectiveness parameters of spherical shield electrode surrounding negative dielectric junction of insulator in high vacuum
Mechanisms of charge carrier mobility in thin polycrystalline film junctions
Compressive stress effect on band gap widening and diffusion current in GaAs junctions
Electron mobility and lifetime variations effects on drift field in silicon junction devices
Image-force effects in normal state tunneling through lead-oxide-lead junctions exhibiting Josephson effect
The ability to controllably fabricate High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) S-Normal-S (SNS) Josephson Juntions (JJ's) enhances the possibilities fro many applications, including digital circuits, SQUID's, and mixers. A wide variety of approaches to fabricating SNS-like junctions has been tried and analyzed in terms of proximity effect behavior.
The data is reviewed about superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) devices, and the conclusion is drawn that there is no conventional proximity effect in the majority of reported high Tc devices. The present experimental and theoretical understanding of SNS junctions is discussed as well as implications for future research.
The most sensitive heterodyne receivers used for millimeter wave and submillimeter wave radioastronomy employ superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) tunnel junctions as the nonlinear mixing element.
So far, the most sensitive heterodyne receivers in the millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave frequency ranges have used the mixing response of the quasiparticle currents in SIS tunnel junctions.
We discuss the material processing limits of superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) junctions with an energy gap high enough to enable THz heterodyne mixer detection.