Ultimate low system dark-count rate for superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

H Shibata, K Shimizu, H Takesue, Y Tokura - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The dark-count rate (DCR) is a key parameter of single-photon detectors. By introducing a
bulk optical band-pass filter mounted on a fiber-to-fiber optical bench cooled at 3 K and …

Temperature dependent performances of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors in an ultralow-temperature region

T Yamashita, S Miki, W Qiu, M Fujiwara… - Applied physics …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the performances of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector
(SNSPD) in an ultralow-temperature region from 16 mK to 4 K. The system detection …

Detecting single infrared photons with 93% system efficiency

F Marsili, VB Verma, JA Stern, S Harrington, AE Lita… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Single-photon detectors at near-infrared wavelengths with high system detection efficiency
(> 90%), low dark count rate (< 1 cps), low timing jitter (< 100 ps) and short reset time (< 100 …

Low-noise single-photon counting superconducting nanowire detectors at infrared wavelengths up to 29 µm

GG Taylor, AB Walter, B Korzh, B Bumble, SR Patel… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report on the extension of the spectral sensitivity of superconducting nanowire single-
photon detectors to a wavelength of 29 µm. To our knowledge, this represents the first …

Fiber-coupled nanowire photon counter at 1550 nm with 24% system detection efficiency

X Hu, T Zhong, JE White, EA Dauler, F Najafi… - Optics letters, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We developed a fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector system in
a close-cycled cryocooler and achieved 24% and 22% system detection efficiencies at …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with ultralow dark count rate using cold optical filters

H Shibata, K Shimizu, H Takesue… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the fabrication of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SSPD or
SNSPD) with an ultralow dark count rate. By introducing optical band-pass filters at the input …

Multimode fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with 70% system efficiency at visible wavelength

D Liu, S Miki, T Yamashita, L You, Z Wang, H Terai - Optics Express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report the development of the multimode fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-
photon detector with high system detection efficiency at visible wavelength. The detector …

High speed superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with nine interleaved nanowires

J Huang, W Zhang, L You, C Zhang, C Lv… - Superconductor …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Count rate (CR) is one of the key parameters of superconducting nanowire single-photon
detectors (SNSPDs). The practical SNSPDs usually have a CR of a few MHz to a few tens of …

Fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors integrated with a bandpass filter on the fiber end-face

WJ Zhang, XY Yang, H Li, LX You, CL Lv… - Superconductor …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) with both high system
detection efficiency (SDE) and low dark count rate (DCR) play significant roles in quantum …

[HTML][HTML] Waveguide integrated superconducting single-photon detectors with high internal quantum efficiency at telecom wavelengths

O Kahl, S Ferrari, V Kovalyuk, GN Goltsman… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) provide high efficiency for
detecting individual photons while keeping dark counts and timing jitter minimal. Besides …