Superconducting nanowires for single‐photon detection: progress, challenges, and opportunities

I Holzman, Y Ivry - Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐photon detectors and nanoscale superconducting devices are two major candidates
for realizing quantum technologies. Superconducting‐nanowire single‐photon detectors …

High-speed and high-efficiency travelling wave single-photon detectors embedded in nanophotonic circuits

WHP Pernice, C Schuck, O Minaeva, M Li… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Ultrafast, high-efficiency single-photon detectors are among the most sought-after elements
in modern quantum optics and quantum communication. However, imperfect modal …

Waveguide integrated low noise NbTiN nanowire single-photon detectors with milli-Hz dark count rate

C Schuck, WHP Pernice, HX Tang - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are an ideal match for integrated
quantum photonic circuits due to their high detection efficiency for telecom wavelength …

The potential and challenges of time-resolved single-photon detection based on current-carrying superconducting nanowires

H Zhang, L **ao, B Luo, J Guo… - Journal of Physics D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconducting nanowire-based devices are being hailed as promising single-photon
detectors that exhibit excellent combined properties. In particular, their unrivalled time …

Cavity-enhanced and ultrafast superconducting single-photon detectors

A Vetter, S Ferrari, P Rath, R Alaee, O Kahl… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast single-photon detectors with high efficiency are of utmost importance for many
applications in the context of integrated quantum photonic circuits. Detectors based on …

Development of superconducting single-photon and photon-number resolving detectors for quantum applications

AE Lita, DV Reddy, VB Verma, RP Mirin… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors based on superconducting thin films have become a viable class of
technologies for widespread usage in quantum optics. In this tutorial paper we introduce the …

Photon detection by current-carrying superconducting film: A time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau approach

AN Zotova, DY Vodolazov - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
We study the dynamics of the order parameter in a superconducting film with transport
current after absorption of a single photon. The system from the time-dependent Ginszburg …

Reset dynamics and latching in niobium superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

AJ Annunziata, O Quaranta, DF Santavicca… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We study the reset dynamics of niobium (Nb) superconducting nanowire single-photon
detectors (SNSPDs) using experimental measurements and numerical simulations. The …

Zero-added-loss entangled-photon multiplexing for ground-and space-based quantum networks

KC Chen, P Dhara, M Heuck, Y Lee, W Dai, S Guha… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We propose a scheme for optical entanglement distribution in quantum networks based on a
quasideterministic entangled photon-pair source. By combining heralded photonic Bell-pair …

Measurement of magnetic penetration depth and superconducting energy gap in very thin epitaxial NbN films

A Kamlapure, M Mondal, M Chand, A Mishra… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We report the evolution of the magnetic penetration depth (λ) and superconducting energy
gap (Δ) in epitaxial NbN films with thickness (d) varying between 51–3 nm. With decrease in …