Modeling the electrical and thermal response of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 581-585

  Yang, Joel K W ^a   Kerman, Andrew J ^a   Dauler, Eric A ^a   Anant, Vikas ^a   Rosfjord, Kristine M ^a   Berggren, Karl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro thermal model; Nanowire; Niobium nitride; Single photon detector

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTODETECTORS; SAPPHIRE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ELECTRO-THERMAL MODEL; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; THERMAL RESPONSE; VOLTAGE PULSE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 34547450131     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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