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A microscope that catches the slightest hints of heat
A superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) is a device well-known for its extreme sensitivity to photons, the particles of light — so much so that they can count photons one by one. They also have very little noise, which makes their … Continue reading
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Tagged atomic force microscopy, bolometry, critical temperature, electromagnetic fields, hexagonal boron nitride, hyperbolic phonon-polaritons, infrared laser, niobium, optical power, phonons, quantum materials, quasiparticles, scanning probe, superconductor, terahertz fields, transiditransition-edge sensors
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A stinky superconductor
The next time you smell a whiff of rot in your morning’s eggs, you might not want to throw them away. Instead, you might do better to realise what you’re smelling could be a superconductor (under the right conditions) that’s, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashcroft-Ginzburg, BCS theory of supercondictivity, critical temperature, cuprates, hydrogen sulphide, magnesium diboride, Meissner effect, pnictides, sulphur hydride, superconductors
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