A. V. Smirnov, M. S. Karmantsov, K. V. Smirnov, Yu. B. Vakhtomin, D. V. Masterov, M. A. Tarkhov, S. A. Pavlov, A. E. Parafin, “Terahertz response of thin-film YBCO bolometers”, Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Volume 82, Issue 12,Pages <nobr>108

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Experimental Instruments and Methods

Terahertz response of thin-film YBCO bolometers

A. V. Smirnov^a, M. S. Karmantsov^a, K. V. Smirnov^ab, Yu. B. Vakhtomin^ab, D. V. Masterov^c, M. A. Tarkhov^ab, S. A. Pavlov^c, A. E. Parafin^c

^a Moscow State Pedagogical University
^b ZAO Superconducting Nanotechnologies, Moscow, 119021, Russia
^c Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Novgorod

Abstract: The bolometric response of high-temperature thin-film YBCO superconducting detectors to an electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of 2.5 THz is measured for the first time. The minimum value of the noise-equivalent power of the detectors is 3.5 $\times$ 10$^{-9}$ W/$\sqrt{(Hz)}$. The feasibility of further increasing the sensitivity of the detectors is discussed.

Received: 11.01.2012