Using a kinetic-equation approach, we study the dynamics of electrons and phonons in
current-carrying superconducting nanostrips after the absorption of a single photon of the …

Superconducting nanowire-based devices are being hailed as promising single-photon
detectors that exhibit excellent combined properties. In particular, their unrivalled time …

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors are fabricated directly on diamond
substrates and their optical and electrical properties are characterized. Dark count …

We use an external magnetic field to probe the detection mechanism of a superconducting
nanowire single-photon detector. We argue that the hot belt model (which assumes partial …

We theoretically study the dependence of the intrinsic detection efficiency (IDE) of a
superconducting nanowire single photon detector on the applied current, I, and magnetic …

Guided-wave plasmonic circuits are promising platforms for sensing, interconnection, and
quantum applications in the subdiffraction regime. Nonetheless, the loss-confinement trade …

Investigating new materials plays a very important role for advancing the field of
nanofabrication and nanoplasmonics. Even though niobium nitride (NbN) is mainly known …

We find the relation between the energy of the absorbed photon and the threshold current at
which the resistive state appears in the current-carrying superconducting film with probability …

Quantum technologies such as quantum computing and quantum cryptography exhibit rapid
progress. This requires the provision of high-quality photodetectors and the ability to …

Thermodynamic fluctuations in superconductors have been studied for many decades
because they influence basically all properties of a superconductor, eg conductivity …