Superconducting hot-electron bolometer: from the discovery of hot-electron phenomena to practical applications

A Shurakov, Y Lobanov… - … Science and Technology, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of hot-electron phenomena in a thin superconducting film in the last century
was followed by numerous experimental studies of its appearance in different materials …

Progress, challenges, and opportunities in the synthesis, characterization, and application of metal-boride-derived two-dimensional nanostructures

H Gunda, LE Klebanoff, PA Sharma… - ACS Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) metal-boride-derived nanostructures have been a focus of intense
research for the past decade, with an emphasis on new synthetic approaches, as well as on …

Evolution of multigap superconductivity in the atomically thin limit: Strain-enhanced three-gap superconductivity in monolayer

J Bekaert, A Aperis, B Partoens, PM Oppeneer… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Starting from first principles, we show the formation and evolution of superconducting gaps
in MgB 2 at its ultrathin limit. Atomically thin MgB 2 is distinctly different from bulk MgB 2 in …

Non-stoichiometric s-, p-and d-metal diborides: Synthesis, properties and simulation

AL Ivanovskii, IR Shein… - Russian Chemical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The results of recent studies on the synthesis, properties and simulation of the electronic
structures of metal diborides are described systematically. The discovery in 2001 of …

Free surfaces recast superconductivity in few-monolayer MgB2: Combined first-principles and ARPES demonstration

J Bekaert, L Bignardi, A Aperis, P Van Abswoude… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Two-dimensional materials are known to harbour properties very different from those of their
bulk counterparts. Recent years have seen the rise of atomically thin superconductors, with …

Mapping of unoccupied states and relevant bosonic modes via the time-dependent momentum distribution

AF Kemper, M Sentef, B Moritz, CC Kao, ZX Shen… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
The unoccupied states of complex materials are difficult to measure, yet they play a key role
in determining their properties. We propose a technique that can measure the unoccupied …

Suppression of superconductivity in epitaxial MgB2 ultrathin films

C Zhang, Y Wang, D Wang, Y Zhang, ZH Liu… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
MgB 2 ultrathin films have potential to make sensitive superconducting devices such as
superconducting single-photon detectors working at relatively high temperatures. We have …

Rise and fall of shape resonances in thin films of BCS superconductors

D Valentinis, D Van Der Marel, C Berthod - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
The confinement of a superconductor in a thin film changes its Fermi-level density of states
and is expected to change its critical temperature T c. Previous calculations have reported …

Fabrication and Characterization of Ultrathin MgB2 Films for Hot-Electron Bolometer Applications

MA Wolak, N Acharya, T Tan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hot-electron bolometer mixers employing thin films of conventional superconducting
materials have already been successfully fabricated in the past. Magnesium diboride (MgB …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic and optical properties of monolayer magnesium diboride under biaxial strain

KA Kempa, J Karch, IA Wrona, AP Durajski - Computational Materials …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Monolayer magnesium diboride (MgB 2), a novel 2D material, has garnered
significant interest due to its unique physical properties. This paper studies theoretically the …