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A kilopixel array of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

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Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Sae Woo Nam, R P. Mirin, Emma Wollman, William Farr, Matthew Shaw

Abstract

We present a 1024-element imaging array of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) using a 32x32 row-column multiplexing architecture. Large arrays are desirable for applications such as imaging, spectroscopy, or particle detection.
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Optics Express
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Keywords

superconducting detector, nanowire, single-photon, array, imaging, spectroscopy
Superconductors, Superconducting electronics, Sensors, Quantum communications, Physics, Optoelectronics, Optical physics and communications, Optical / photometry / laser metrology, Nanophotonics, Nanoelectronics and Electromagnetics

Citation

Verma, V. , Lita, A. , Nam, S. , Mirin, R. , Wollman, E. , Farr, W. and Shaw, M. (2019), A kilopixel array of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, Optics Express, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=928411 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created November 18, 2019, Updated September 29, 2025
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