VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2 (July to December 2012)

Philipp. Sci. Lett. 2012 5 (2) 118-121
available online: July 31, 2012

*Corresponding author
Email Address: ian.agulo@gmail.com
Submitted: January 07, 2012
Revised: June 19, 2012
Accepted: June 20, 2012

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Dynamics of non-equilibriumquasiparticles in the superconducting cold-electron bolometer (SCEB)

by Ian Jasper A. Agulo

Department of Physical Sciences, College of Science, University of the Philippines Baguio,
Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines 2600

In this paper, the time evolution of the quasiparticledistribution in a small absorber of the superconductingcold-electron bolometer (SCEB) was modeled. Themodel used was based on the diffusion model developedfor the superconducting tunnel junction with largeabsorbers. The result showed that the use of a small absorber ledto faster response time of the bolometer. Compared to othertypes of infrared and microwave bolometer, the SCEB promisesto perform better and faster and can easily be integrated with theread-out electronics.