Perspectives for applications of quantum imaging

M Gilaberte Basset, F Setzpfandt… - Laser & Photonics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum imaging is a multifaceted field of research that promises highly efficient imaging in
extreme spectral ranges as well as ultralow‐light microscopy. Since the first proof‐of …

Waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

S Ferrari, C Schuck, W Pernice - Nanophotonics, 2018 - degruyter.com
Integration of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with nanophotonic
waveguides is a key technological step that enables a broad range of classical and quantum …

Fast high-efficiency photon-number-resolving parallel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

L Stasi, G Gras, R Berrazouane, M Perrenoud… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Photon-number-resolving (PNR) single-photon detectors are an enabling technology in
many areas, such as photonic quantum computing, nonclassical light-source …

Time-to-digital converter IP-core for FPGA at state of the art

F Garzetti, N Corna, N Lusardi, A Geraci - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) structure poses several constraints that make
the implementation of complex asynchronous circuits such as Time-Mode (TM) circuits …

Recent developments and challenges in FPGA-based time-to-digital converters

R Machado, J Cabral, FS Alves - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past few years, the gap between field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) performance levels has been narrowed due to …

The role of sub-interpolation for Delay-Line Time-to-Digital Converters in FPGA devices

N Lusardi, F Garzetti, A Geraci - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2019 - Elsevier
Most of the Time-to-Digital Converters (TDCs) implemented in Field Programmable Gate
Array (FPGA) devices are based on Tapped Delay Lines (TDLs). This solution makes …

Digital instrument with configurable hardware and firmware for multi-channel time measures

N Lusardi, F Garzetti, A Geraci - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A new digital instrument for timing of events is presented. It is based on a reconfigurable,
high-performance, 16-channel time-to-digital converter implemented in a Xilinx 7 Series 28 …

Coherent metamaterial absorption of two-photon states with 40% efficiency

A Lyons, D Oren, T Roger, V Savinov, J Valente… - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
Multiphoton absorption processes have a nonlinear dependence on the amplitude of the
incident optical field, ie, the number of photons. However, multiphoton absorption is …

Digital instrument for time measurements: Small, portable, high–performance, fully programmable

N Corna, F Garzetti, N Lusardi, A Geraci - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a small, portable, plug-and-play time measurement instrument entirely based on
Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Its performance is state-of-the-art in terms of the …

Assessment of the bundle SNSPD plus FPGA-based TDC for high-performance time measurements

F Garzetti, N Lusardi, E Ronconi, A Costa… - Ieee …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Counting single photons and measuring their arrival time is of crucial importance for imaging
and quantum applications that use single photons to outperform classical techniques. The …