• DocumentCode
    2877509
  • Title

    Achieving high counting rates in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

  • Author

    Dauler, Eric A. ; Kerman, Andrew J. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Yang, Joel K.W. ; Voronov, Boris M. ; Gol´tsman, Gregory N. ; Berggren, Karl K.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Kinetic inductance is determined to be the primary limitation to the counting rate of superconducting nanowire single-photon counters. Approaches for overcoming this limitation will be discussed.
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; nanowires; photon counting; superconducting photodetectors; kinetic inductance; photon counting rate; superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors; Counting circuits; Current measurement; Event detection; Inductance measurement; Kinetic theory; Nanoscale devices; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Superconducting photodetectors; Superconducting transmission lines; (040.5160) Photodetectors; (270.5570) Quantum detectors; (310.6870) Thin films, other properties;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628619
  • Filename
    4628619