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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 459 - 460 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.221
Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Nanometrology and instrumentation | Photonic structures and devices
Instrumentation: Astronomers look to nanotechnology
Daniel E. Prober1
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Daniel E. Prober is in the Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
e-mail: daniel.prober@yale.edu
Abstract
A superconducting detector can count photons and measure their energy with an accuracy that could be good enough for space-based far-infrared telescopes.
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