Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for communication and fundamental physics applications

Jamie Luskin; Emma Wollman; Ekkehart Schmidt; Jason Allmaras; Boris Korzh; Andrew Beyer; Bruce Bumble; Alexander Walter; Andrew Mueller; Edward Ramirez; Ryan Briggs; Matthew Shaw

doi:10.1117/12.2585830

30 April 2021 Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for communication and fundamental physics applications

Jamie Luskin, Emma Wollman, Ekkehart Schmidt, Jason Allmaras, Boris Korzh, Andrew Beyer, Bruce Bumble, Alexander Walter, Andrew Mueller, Edward Ramirez, Ryan Briggs, Matthew Shaw

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Proceedings Volume 11721, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XV; 117210K (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2585830
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Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) excel at a wide variety of performance criteria for single photon counting. They combine unprecedented high detection efficiency, high timing resolution, high count rates, low intrinsic dark count rates, and are sensitive to ultraviolet through mid-infrared single-photons. At JPL, we are working on several projects to push the performance limits of SNSPDs to achieve higher maximum count rates, larger active areas, higher timing resolution, and a wider spectral range. Our recent advances enable new applications for dark matter detection, imaging, and space-to-ground communication and provide insight into the fundamental physics of single-photon detection in superconducting nanowires.

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Jamie Luskin, Emma Wollman, Ekkehart Schmidt, Jason Allmaras, Boris Korzh, Andrew Beyer, Bruce Bumble, Alexander Walter, Andrew Mueller, Edward Ramirez, Ryan Briggs, and Matthew Shaw "Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors for communication and fundamental physics applications", Proc. SPIE 11721, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques XV, 117210K (30 April 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2585830

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