Multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Dauler, Eric A ^a   Robinson, Bryan S ^a   Kerman, Andrew J ^a   Yang, Joel K W ^a   Rosfjord, Kristine M ^a   Anant, Vikas ^a   Voronov, Boris ^b   Gol'tsman, Gregory ^b   Berggren, Karl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Niobium nitride; Photon counting array; Photon number resolution; Single photon detector

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; JITTER; MICROFABRICATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES;

NIOBIUM NITRIDE; PHOTON-COUNTING-ARRAY; PHOTON-NUMBER-RESOLUTION; SINGLE-PHOTON-DETECTORS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 34547479355     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.897372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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