Transition edge sensors with low jitter and fast recovery times

Published

July 30, 2012

Author(s)

Antia A. Lamas-Linares, Nathan A. Tomlin, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Thomas Gerrits, Joern Beyer, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

Abstract

Superconducting transition edge sensors (TES) for single photon detection have been shown to have almost perfect quantum efficiency (98%) at a wide range of wavelengths. Their high quantum efficiency combined with their ability to intrisically measure the energy of the absorption event results in a detector that is able to distinguish photon number with high fidelity and without any multiplexing structure. These are highly desired properties in quantum optics experiments, however, the wider adoption of TESs has been hindered by relatively poor timing performance, both in recovery time and in timing resolution (jitter).We will show how both these aspects can be addressed by material and thermal engineering and appropriate readout configurations, while maintaing the high efficiency and the photon number resolution.

Proceedings Title

Abstracts Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing

Conference Dates

July 30-August 3, 2012

Conference Location

Vienna

Conference Title

Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

transition edge sensor, low timing jitter, quantum information

Citation

Lamas-Linares, A. , Tomlin, N. , Calkins, B. , Lita, A. , Gerrits, T. , Beyer, J. , Mirin, R. and Nam, S. (2012), Transition edge sensors with low jitter and fast recovery times, Abstracts Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing, Vienna, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=911601 (Accessed October 15, 2024)