STATISTICAL NOISE DUE TO TUNNELING IN SUPERCONDUCTING TUNNEL JUNCTION DETECTORS

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GOLDIE, DJ
BRINK, PL
PATEL, C
BOOTH, NE
SALMON, GL
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3RH, Keble Road
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10.1063/1.111328
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We discuss the statistical noise associated with tunneling which is intrinsic to superconducting tunnel junctions. We deduce a simple expression for the noise in the general case where the tunneling probabilities may be dissimilar. The statistical tunneling noise exceeds the Fano-factor limited statistical noise of the quasiparticle creation for most cases.
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