Title : 
Superconducting optical single-photon detectors
         
        
            Author : 
Sobolewski, Roman ; Verevkin, A. ; Gol´tsman, G.N.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rochester Univ., NY
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We review the development of superconducting single-photon detectors. The devices are characterized by experimental quantum efficiency of ~8% for infrared photons, counting rate ~2 GHz, 18 ps jitter, and <0.01 per second dark counts
         
        
            Keywords : 
infrared detectors; photon counting; superconducting photodetectors; 18 ps; infrared photons; quantum efficiency; superconducting optical single-photon detectors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Francisco, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-778-4