Photon number-resolved detection with sequentially connected nanowires

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-292

  Bell, M ^a   Antipov, A ^a   Karasik, B ^b   Sergeev, A ^a   Mitin, V ^a   Verevkin, A ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impedance; Photon number resolving; Sequentially connected nanowires; Single photon detector; Superconducting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ACOUSTIC); NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

IMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS; NANOPATTERNED MEANDERS; PHOTON NUMBER RESOLVING; SEQUENTIALLY CONNECTED NANOWIRES; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 34547406804     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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