Superconducting nanowires for single‐photon detection: progress, challenges, and opportunities
Single‐photon detectors and nanoscale superconducting devices are two major candidates
for realizing quantum technologies. Superconducting‐nanowire single‐photon detectors …
for realizing quantum technologies. Superconducting‐nanowire single‐photon detectors …
2 GHz clock quantum key distribution over 260 km of standard telecom fiber
We report a demonstration of quantum key distribution (QKD) over a standard telecom fiber
exceeding 50 dB in loss and 250 km in length. The differential phase shift QKD protocol was …
exceeding 50 dB in loss and 250 km in length. The differential phase shift QKD protocol was …
Superconducting properties of very high quality NbN thin films grown by high temperature chemical vapor deposition
Niobium nitride (NbN) is widely used in high-frequency superconducting electronics circuits
because it has one of the highest superconducting transition temperatures (${T} _ {{\rm …
because it has one of the highest superconducting transition temperatures (${T} _ {{\rm …
Superconducting single-photon detector made of MoSi film
YP Korneeva, MY Mikhailov, YP Pershin… - Superconductor …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We fabricated and characterized nanowire superconducting single-photon detectors made
of 4 nm thick amorphous Mo x Si 1− x films. At 1.7 K the best devices exhibit a detection …
of 4 nm thick amorphous Mo x Si 1− x films. At 1.7 K the best devices exhibit a detection …
Temporal and photon number resolution of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
J **e, H Zhang - Applied Physics B, 2024 - Springer
Single-photon detectors based on superconducting nanowires (SNSPDs) are promising
technologies with good comprehensive performance, especially their excellent temporal …
technologies with good comprehensive performance, especially their excellent temporal …
Three temperature regimes in superconducting photon detectors: quantum, thermal and multiple phase-slips as generators of dark counts
A Murphy, A Semenov, A Korneev, Y Korneeva… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
We perform measurements of the switching current distributions of three w≈ 120 nm wide, 4
nm thick NbN superconducting strips which are used for single-photon detectors. These …
nm thick NbN superconducting strips which are used for single-photon detectors. These …
Photon-counting optical time-domain reflectometry using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
A novel photon-counting optical time-domain reflectometry (ν-OTDR) based on
superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is proposed and demonstrated …
superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) is proposed and demonstrated …
Dependence of dark count rates in superconducting single photon detectors on the filtering effect of standard single mode optical fibers
We found that background radiation limits the dark count rates of superconducting single
photon detectors coupled to standard single mode optical fibers to a minimum level when …
photon detectors coupled to standard single mode optical fibers to a minimum level when …
Ultra-low noise single-photon detector based on Si avalanche photodiode
Ultra-low noise single-photon detector based on Si avalanche photodiode | Review of Scientific
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A chemical vapor deposition route to epitaxial superconducting NbTiN thin films
N Tsavdaris, D Harza, S Coindeau, G Renou… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The deposition of epitaxial superconducting (Nb, Ti) N thin films is addressed with a new
approach, using a chemical vapor deposition technique with in situ production of precursors …
approach, using a chemical vapor deposition technique with in situ production of precursors …