Fabrication and characterization of superconducting NbN nanowire single photon detectors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-309

  Stern, Jeffrey A ^a   Farr, William H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

NbN; Single photon detector; SNSPD

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STATISTICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; WAVELENGTH;

DETECTOR EFFICIENCY; KINETIC INDUCTANCE; MICRONS DETECTOR; WIRE DETECTORS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 34547450155     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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