Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

Andrew J. Kerman; Bryan S. Robinson; Richard J. Barron; David O. Caplan; M. L. Stevens; John Carney; Scott A. Hamilton; William E. Keicher; Eric A. Dauler; Joel K. W. Yang; Kristine M. Rosfjord; Vikas Anant; Karl K. Berggren

doi:10.1109/leosst.2006.1694042

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Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

Andrew J. Kerman Bryan S. Robinson Richard J. Barron David O. Caplan M. L. Stevens John Carney Scott A. Hamilton William E. Keicher Eric A. Dauler Joel K. W. Yang Kristine M. Rosfjord Vikas Anant Karl K. Berggren

Year: 2006 Journal: 2006 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings Vol: 13 Pages: 9-10

DOI: 10.1109/leosst.2006.1694042

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Abstract

We present our ongoing work on superconducting NbN-nanowire photodetectors, which deliver both high speed (< 30 ps timing resolution) and high detection efficiency (> 50% at 1550 nm), promising access to new regimes in ultrafast photon counting applications

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Nanowire Photodetector Detector Ultrashort pulse Optoelectronics Photon counting Superconductivity Photon Materials science Optics Physics Laser Condensed matter physics

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Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies

Physical Sciences → Physics and Astronomy → Instrumentation

Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

Physical Sciences → Engineering → Biomedical Engineering

Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Life Sciences → Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology → Biophysics

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