NIST Micro Sensor and Micro Fridge Make Cool Pair (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Micro Sensor and Micro Fridge Make Cool Pair

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Colorized micrograph of a NIST chip combining four microrefrigerators (circled in red) with a superconducting sensor (large orange square in the middle). The self-cooling chip could be used for applications ranging from detailed X-ray analysis of semiconductors to detection of microwave signals in deep space.

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Credit: N. Miller, K. Talbott NIST

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