Quantum efficiency and noise equivalent power of nanostructured, NbN, single-photon detectors in the wavelength range from visible to infrared

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 571-574

  Korneev, A ^a   Matvienko, V ^a   Minaeva, O ^a   Milostnaya, I ^a   Rubtsova, I ^a   Chulkova, G ^a   Smirnov, K ^a   Voronov, V ^a   Gol'tsman, G ^a   Slysz W ^b,c   Pearlman, A ^c   Verevkin, A ^c   Sobolewski, Roman ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Department of Micro and Nanotechnology of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infrared optical detectors; NbN superconducting films; Single photon counters; Superconducting devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TIMING JITTER;

INFRARED OPTICAL DETECTORS; NBN SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER (NEP); SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTERS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 22044455882     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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