Single‐photon detectors and nanoscale superconducting devices are two major candidates
for realizing quantum technologies. Superconducting‐nanowire single‐photon detectors …

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

Thin superconducting films form a unique platform for geometrically confined, strongly
interacting electrons. They allow an inherent competition between disorder and …

A significant number of cryogenic low-noise amplifiers (cryo-LNAs) are required for the
readout of superconducting nanowire detector (SNWD) arrays. It is desirable to have …

The superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is a leading technology for
quantum information science applications using photons, and is finding increasing uses in …

To analyze the switching dynamics and output performance of a superconducting nanowire
single photon detector (SNSPD), the nanowire is usually modelled as an inductor in series …

A framework is established for evaluating cphase gates that use single-photon cross-phase
modulation (XPM) originating from the Kerr nonlinearity. Prior work [JH Shapiro, Phys. Rev …

Here, we optimized ultrathin films of granular NbN on SiO 2 and of amorphous αW 5 Si 3.
We showed that hybrid superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) made …

We propose a novel design of superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors
(SNAPs), which combines the advantages of multistage avalanche SNAPs to lower the …

Research of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) has been
progressing rapidly in recent years. The combined properties of high efficiency, low noise …