The state-of-the-art technology of X-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting
transition-edge sensors (TESs), for applications in astrophysics and particle physics, is …

In recent years, superconducting transition-edge sensors (TES) have emerged as powerful,
energy-resolving detectors of single photons from the near infrared through gamma rays and …

Twinning is a fundamental deformation mode that competes against dislocation slip in
crystalline solids. In metallic nanostructures, plastic deformation requires higher stresses …

Single-photon detectors operating at visible and near-infrared wavelengths with high
detection efficiency and low noise are a requirement for many quantum-information …

Single-photon detectors based on superconducting thin films have become a viable class of
technologies for widespread usage in quantum optics. In this tutorial paper we introduce the …

We present the synthesis of tungsten nanoparticles using a gas aggregation cluster source
based on a magnetron sputtering discharge. The nanoparticles have sizes between 70 and …

In this work, the deposition of tungsten (W) films by High Power Impulse Magnetron
Sputtering (HiPIMS) has been investigated. By adopting a combined modeling and …

The importance of atomic structure to understand the superconducting β-Tungsten (W) thin
films especially their critical transition temperature (T c) and upper critical magnetic field Hc2 …

Nanoscale tungsten particles have attracted an increasing level of interest recently. In the
current study, tungsten nanoparticles were fabricated utilizing physical vapor deposition and …

Single-photon detectors based on the superconducting transition-edge sensor are used in a
number of visible to near-infrared applications, particularly for photon-number-resolving …