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Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

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Author(s)

Karl Berggren, Vikas Anant, Burm Baek, E Dauler, X Hu, Andrew J. Kerman, F Marsili, Richard Mirin, Richard J. Molnar, Sae Woo Nam, F Najafi, Martin Stevens, F Wong, Tian Zhong

Abstract

Existing Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector (SNSPD) technology achieves simultaneously high device detection efficiency (as high as 57% at 1550 nm optical wavelength [1]), ultrashort jitter performance (30 ps), and a fast reset time ( 3 ns). Dark counts for well-shielded detectors can be 100 counts per second or less. These devices perform well across a broad spectral bandwidth in the UV, visible and, with gradually decreasing efficiency, into the infrared, although to achieve optimum performance they must be optimized for a particular wavelength range.
Conference Dates
May 1-6, 2011
Conference Location
Baltimore, MD, US
Conference Title
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)

Citation

Berggren, K. , Anant, V. , Baek, B. , Dauler, E. , Hu, X. , Kerman, A. , Marsili, F. , Mirin, R. , Molnar, R. , Nam, S. , Najafi, F. , Stevens, M. , Wong, F. and Zhong, T. (2011), Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=907366 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created April 30, 2011, Updated October 12, 2021