New record in microwave detection

[ScienceRocks]

New record in microwave detection
Published: Friday, July 8, 2016 - 14:34 in Physics & Chemistry

Aalto University scientists have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection. The record was made using a partially superconducting microwave detector. The discovery may lead to ultrasensitive cameras and accessories for the emerging quantum computer.

The first of the two key enabling developments is the new detector design consisting of tiny pieces of superconducting aluminum and a golden nanowire. This design guarantees both efficient absorption of incoming photons and very sensitive readout. The whole detector is smaller than a single human blood cell.

New record in microwave detection | (e) Science News

Really cool!

 

[The Great Goose]

well that's very interesting, Mathew. *smirk*