No liquid helium, but still extremely cool
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 07:32
in Physics & Chemistry
NIST scientists have devised a novel hybrid system for cooling superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD) – essential tools for many kinds of cutting-edge research – that is far smaller than those previously demonstrated and that eliminates the need for conventional cryogens- such as liquid helium.