Photon-number-resolution with sub-30-ps timing using multi-element superconducting nanowire single photon detectors

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Dauler, Eric A ^a,b   Kerman, Andrew J ^b   Robinson, Bryan S ^b   Yang, Joel K W ^a   Voronov, Boris ^c   Goltsman, Gregory ^c   Hamilton, Scott A ^b   Berggren, Karl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Photon number resolution; Superconducting nanowire single photon detector; System detection efficiency; Timing jitter

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; ARRIVAL TIME; DEAD-TIME; HIGH-SPEED; MULTI ELEMENTS; PHOTON COUNTING APPLICATIONS; PHOTON STATISTICS; PHOTON-COUNTING; PHOTON-NUMBER-RESOLVING DETECTORS; PULSED LIGHT SOURCES; QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR; SYSTEM DETECTION EFFICIENCY; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE;

APPLICATIONS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; GAS DETECTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; NANOWIRES; PARTICLE BEAMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIMING JITTER;

PHOTONS;

EID: 65249185056     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340802411989     Document Type: Article

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