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Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors fabricated from an amorphous Mo0.75Ge0.25 thin-film

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Varun B. Verma, Adriana E. Lita, Michael R. Vissers, Francesco Marsili, David P. Pappas, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

Abstract

We present the characteristics of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) fabricated from amorphous Mo0.75Ge0.25 thin -films. Fabricated devices show a saturation of the internal detection efficiency at temperatures below 1 K, with system dark count rates below 500 counts per second over most of the bias range. Operation in a GM cryocooler at 2.5 K is possible with system detection efficiencies (SDE) exceeding 20% for SNSPDs which are not embedded inside of an optical stack to enhance absorption.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
105
Issue
2
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

photon, nanowire, single photon detector, SNSPD
Materials and Quantum information science

Citation

Verma, V. , Lita, A. , Vissers, M. , Marsili, F. , Pappas, D. , Mirin, R. and Nam, S. (2014), Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors fabricated from an amorphous Mo0.75Ge0.25 thin-film, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890277 (Accessed April 19, 2024)

Created July 15, 2014, Updated November 10, 2018