A superconducting NbN detector for neutral nanoparticles

Autor: Hendrik Ulbricht, Markus Arndt, Philipp Haslinger, A. V. Semenov, Alexander Korneev, Alexander Divochiy, Markus Marksteiner, Gregory Goltsman, Michele Sclafani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Materials science
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
FOS: Physical sciences
Nanoparticle
Bioengineering
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
Molecular physics
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
law
0103 physical sciences
Nanotechnology
General Materials Science
Physics - Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
010306 general physics
chemistry.chemical_classification
Superconductivity
Photons
Physics::Biological Physics
Quantitative Biology::Biomolecules
Mechanical Engineering
Biomolecule
Detector
Electric Conductivity
Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
General Chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Laser
3. Good health
chemistry
Myoglobin
Mechanics of Materials
Gramicidin
Microscopy
Electron
Scanning
Nanoparticles
Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
0210 nano-technology
Molecular beam
Popis: We present a proof-of-principle study of superconducting single photon detectors (SSPD) for the detection of individual neutral molecules/nanoparticles at low energies. The new detector is applied to characterize a laser desorption source for biomolecules and it allows to retrieve the arrival time distribution of a pulsed molecular beam containing the amino acid tryptophan, the polypeptide gramicidin as well as insulin, myoglobin and hemoglobin. We discuss the experimental evidence that the detector is actually sensitive to isolated neutral particles.
6 pages, 6 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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