Title :
Infrared photon counting with superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
Author :
Hadfield, Robert Hugh ; Natarajan, Chandra M. ; Tanner, Michael G.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are a highly promising infrared photon counting technology. We will review recent applications of these devices in quantum information science, remote sensing and medicine.
Keywords :
infrared detectors; medicine; nanophotonics; nanowires; photon counting; quantum computing; remote sensing; superconducting photodetectors; infrared photon counting; medicine; quantum information science; remote sensing; superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors; Collaboration; Detectors; Educational institutions; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Photonics; Superconducting photodetectors;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656590
