Superconducting niobium nanowire single photon detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6372, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Annunziata, A J ^a   Frydman, A ^a,c   Reese, M O ^a   Frunzio, L ^a   Rooks, M ^b   Prober, D E ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Kinetic inductance; Nanowire meander; Niobium; Reset time; Superconducting single photon detector

Indexed keywords

KINETIC INDUCTANCE; NANOWIRE MEANDER; RESET TIME; SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR;

INDUCTANCE; LOGIC DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 33846223874     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.686301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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