Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum physics

C Couteau, S Barz, T Durt, T Gerrits, J Huwer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
With the development of photonic quantum technologies, single photons have become key
for various applications including quantum communication and quantum computing …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for quantum information

L You - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
The superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is a quantum-limit
superconducting optical detector based on the Cooper-pair breaking effect by a single …

A 100-pixel photon-number-resolving detector unveiling photon statistics

R Cheng, Y Zhou, S Wang, M Shen, T Taher… - Nature Photonics, 2023 - nature.com
Single-photon detectors are ubiquitous in quantum information science and quantum
sensing. They are key enabling technologies for numerous scientific discoveries and …

Demonstration of sub-3 ps temporal resolution with a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

B Korzh, QY Zhao, JP Allmaras, S Frasca, TM Autry… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Improvements in temporal resolution of single-photon detectors enable increased data rates
and transmission distances for both classical and quantum optical communication systems …

Detecting sub-GeV dark matter with superconducting nanowires

Y Hochberg, I Charaev, SW Nam, V Verma… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We propose the use of superconducting nanowires as both target and sensor for direct
detection of sub-GeV dark matter. With excellent sensitivity to small energy deposits on …

Resolution of 100 photons and quantum generation of unbiased random numbers

M Eaton, A Hossameldin, RJ Birrittella, PM Alsing… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Macroscopic quantum phenomena, such as observed in superfluids and superconductors,
have led to promising technological advancements and some of the most important tests of …

High-efficiency single-photon generation via large-scale active time multiplexing

F Kaneda, PG Kwiat - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Deterministic generation of single-and multiphoton states is a key requirement for large-
scale optical quantum information and communication applications. While heralded single …

Advances in silicon quantum photonics

JC Adcock, J Bao, Y Chi, X Chen… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum technology is poised to enable a step change in human capability for computing,
communications and sensing. Photons are indispensable as carriers of quantum information …

Fast high-efficiency photon-number-resolving parallel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

L Stasi, G Gras, R Berrazouane, M Perrenoud… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Photon-number-resolving (PNR) single-photon detectors are an enabling technology in
many areas, such as photonic quantum computing, nonclassical light-source …

Resolving photon numbers using a superconducting nanowire with impedance-matching taper

D Zhu, M Colangelo, C Chen, BA Korzh, FNC Wong… - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Time-and number-resolved photon detection is crucial for quantum information processing.
Existing photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors usually suffer from limited timing and …