Title :
Transition edge sensors with low timing jitter at 1550 nm
Author :
Lamas-Linares, Antia ; Gerrits, Thomas ; Tomlin, Nathan A. ; Lita, Adriana E. ; Calkins, Brice ; Beyer, Jörn ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Nam, Sae Woo
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Transition edge sensors have demonstrated near unity detection efficiency of single photons and photon number resolving ability over a wide wavelength range (≈ 700-1600 nm). They are also known to be slow, with timing jitter values in the ≈ 100 ns range, and the best current values in the ≈ 20ns range. We report measured jitter times below 5ns for a tungsten TES. This is particularly relevant for experiments clocked from an 80MHz Ti:Sa laser.
Keywords :
superconducting photodetectors; timing jitter; tungsten; W; near unity detection efficiency; photon number resolving ability; single photon detection; timing jitter; transition edge sensors; tungsten TES; wavelength 700 nm to 1600 nm; Image edge detection; Photonics; SQUIDs; Sensors; Timing jitter; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
