Nanowire-based integrated photonics for quantum information and quantum sensing

J Chang, J Gao, I Esmaeil Zadeh, AW Elshaari… - …, 2023 - degruyter.com
At the core of quantum photonic information processing and sensing, two major building
pillars are single-photon emitters and single-photon detectors. In this review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors: A perspective on evolution, state-of-the-art, future developments, and applications

I Esmaeil Zadeh, J Chang, JWN Los, S Gyger… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Two decades after their demonstration, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
(SNSPDs) have become indispensable tools for quantum photonics as well as for many …

A comparative study of various superconductors for Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector applications

S Tripathy, K Tyagi, P Pratap - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Research activities in Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
(SNSPDs) have exhibited major progress over last two decades. The low dark count rate …

Single photon detection in NbRe superconducting microstrips

M Ejrnaes, C Cirillo, D Salvoni, F Chianese… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Rising speed limits for fluxons via edge-quality improvement in wide MoSi thin films

B Budinská, B Aichner, DY Vodolazov, MY Mikhailov… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Ultrafast vortex motion has recently become a subject of extensive investigations, triggered
by the fundamental question regarding the ultimate speed limits for magnetic flux quanta …

Investigation of dark count rate in NbRe microstrips for single photon detection

P Ercolano, C Cirillo, M Ejrnaes… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconducting microstrip single photon detectors (SMSPDs) received great interest since
they are expected to combine the excellent performance of superconducting nanostrip …

Activation Energies in Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

D Salvoni, M Ejrnaes, A Gaggero, F Mattioli, F Martini… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are receiving the interest of
the scientific and industrial communities due to their unparallel high performances in the …

NbReN: A disordered superconductor in thin film form for potential application as superconducting nanowire single photon detector

C Cirillo, V Granata, A Spuri, A Di Bernardo… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
A superconductor, NbReN, in thin film form is synthesized. Here, the deposition parameters
and the electrical transport characterization of NbReN films grown by reactive dc sputtering …

Review of superconducting nanostrip photon detectors using various superconductors

H Shibata - IEICE Transactions on Electronics, 2021 - search.ieice.org
One of the highest performing single-photon detectors in the visible and near-infrared
regions is the superconducting nanostrip photon detector (SNSPD or SSPD), which usually …

Polycrystalline NbRe superconducting films deposited by direct current magnetron sputtering

C Cirillo, M Caputo, G Divitini, JWA Robinson… - Thin Solid Films, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract N b 0.18 R e 0.82 superconducting thin films are deposited by direct current (dc)
magnetron sputtering under different growth conditions. The resulting films are …