Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past
decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications …

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 …

Quantum technologies are poised to move the foundational principles of quantum physics to
the forefront of applications. This roadmap identifies some of the key challenges and …

The ability to detect individual light quanta–single photons–is prized across many fields of
physics from astronomy to quantum optics. Superconducting photon detectors offer …

Superconducting niobium nitride (NbN) continues to be investigated decades on, largely in
part to its advantageous superconducting properties and wide use in superconducting …

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This work demonstrates that plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) with
substrate biasing enables the preparation of ultrathin superconducting TaC x N 1− x films …

Superconducting niobium nitride thin films are used for a variety of photon detectors,
quantum devices, and superconducting electronics. Most of these applications require …

Niobium nitride (NbN) is widely used in the production of superconducting nanowire single-
photon detectors (SNSPDs) due to its high superconducting transition temperature and …

This work presents three advances to scale SNSPDs from few-pixel devices to large detector
arrays: atomic layer deposition for the fabrication of uniform superconducting niobium nitride …