Detection efficiency of large-active-area NbN single-photon superconducting detectors in the ultraviolet to near-infrared range

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 4687-4689

  Verevkin, A ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Sobolewski, Roman ^a   Lipatov, A ^b   Okunev, O ^b   Chulkova, G ^b   Korneev, A ^b   Smirnov, K ^b   Gol'tsman, G N ^b   Semenov, A ^c  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTING RATES; DARK COUNTS; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; NEAR-INFRARED RANGE; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; SINGLE-PHOTON SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTORS; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTING FLUCTUATIONS; ULTRA-THIN; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; VISIBLE RANGE;

DETECTORS; EFFICIENCY; INFRARED DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79956058925     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1487924     Document Type: Article

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