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The possibility of the implementation of a single-photon detector in the microwave range has been discussed. It has been shown that, for these purposes, it is possible to use an unshunted Josephson junction, which is switched from the superconducting state into a finite-voltage state at the presence of an external signal. The sensitivity of this detector is determined by the distribution of switchings in the absence of an external signal. It has been demonstrated that there is a Josephson junction with a noise temperature below 60 mK at a nominal external temperature of 10 mK. A specific detector intended for the measurement of external microwave signals has been proposed, designed, and fabricated. The first experimental results have been presented.
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Original Russian Text © E.V. Il’ichev, 2016, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 11, pp. 2090–2093.
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Il’ichev, E.V. A microwave photon detector. Phys. Solid State 58, 2160–2164 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783416110123
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