Microwave studies of Ultrasensitive Superconducting Detectors and Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes

We have studied the electron energy loss processes in very sensitive superconducting nanobolometers and in singlewalled carbon nanotubes of very high quality. The superconducting detectors can be used for very sensitive astronomy light sensors in the far-infrared region of the spectrum, and could be used in future NASA satellites. While their science is still being established, the nanotubes might also be made into sensitive detectors. We have studied the electron energy loss and Terahertz resonances of the nanotubes, to probe the novel one-dimensional (Luttinger liquid) picture of their properties.