Single-photon detections (SPDs) represent a highly sensitive light detection technique
capable of detecting individual photons at extremely low light intensity levels. This …

Detection of single infrared photons in superconducting microstrips of 4 nm thick disordered
Nb 0.15 Re 0.85 has been investigated. Microstrips with a critical temperature of 5.15 K and …

Superconducting microstrip single photon detectors (SMSPDs) received great interest since
they are expected to combine the excellent performance of superconducting nanostrip …

Quantum key distribution represents one of the most mature and well-studied advances in
quantum technologies. Many protocols have been implemented, breaking record distances …

Photon number resolving detectors find space in many fields, such as quantum optics,
boson sampling, and fluorescence spectroscopy. In particular, the reconstruction of the input …

Nonlocal multipartite entanglement holds significant potential for both fundamental physics
and practical applications. We present a robust protocol for generating remote …

Using a kinetic equation approach and Density Functional Theory, we model the
nonequilibrium quasiparticle and phonon dynamics of a thin superconducting film under …

A photon number resolving detector (PNRD) is a device providing a different output
depending on the number of incident photons in the single or few photons regime. This tool …

The scaling of superconducting nanowire detectors to larger arrays is often limited by room-
temperature-readout cabling. Cryogenic integrated circuits constructed from nanowire …

The forthcoming era of quantum computers can be a threat to the conventional cryptography
and data security. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) provides unconditional security under …