Stevens, M.
, Hadfield, R.
, Gerrits, T.
, Clement, T.
, Mirin, R.
and Nam, S.
(2009),
Infrared wavelength-dependent optical characterization of NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors, Journal of Modern Optics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32938
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Infrared wavelength-dependent optical characterization of NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors
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Abstract
We report optical characterization of NbN nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors as a function of wavelength in the near infrared. System detection efficiency decreases from ~6 % at 1.15 υm to ~2 % at 1.72 υm, while timing jitter remains relatively constant at ~60 ps full-width-half-maximum over the range 0.7 - 2.0 υm. We further demonstrate the capabilities of this detector with time-correlated single-photon counting measurement of photoluminescence from a semiconductor sample emitting at 1.65 υm.Citation
Journal of Modern Optics
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56
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2-3
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Keywords
infrared photodetectors, single-photon detectors, superconducting devices, time-correlated single-photon counting
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