Minimal timing jitter in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

DY Vodolazov - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
Using a two-temperature model coupled with the modified time-dependent Ginzburg-
Landau equation, we calculate the delay time τ d in the appearance of a growing normal …

Long, highly-ordered high-temperature superconductor nanowire arrays

K Xu, JR Heath - Nano letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
The preparation and electrical properties of high-temperature superconductor nanowire
arrays are reported for the first time. YBa2Cu3O7− δ nanowires with widths as small as 10 …

Vortex dynamics in superconducting MoN strip with a side cut

SS Ustavschikov, MY Levichev, IY Pashen'kin… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Transport characteristics of superconducting MoN strips with a single side cut near one of
the superconductor edges in zero and weak magnetic fields are studied experimentally and …

Timing jitter in photon detection by straight superconducting nanowires: Effect of magnetic field and photon flux

M Sidorova, A Semenov, HW Hübers, A Kuzmin… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We studied the effects of the external magnetic field and photon flux on timing jitter in photon
detection by straight superconducting NbN nanowires. At two wavelengths 800 and 1560 …

Masking effect of heat dissipation on the current-voltage characteristics of a mesoscopic superconducting sample with leads

DY Vodolazov, FM Peeters, M Morelle… - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
A theoretical analysis based on a numerical solution of the coupled time-dependent
Ginzburg-Landau and heat dissipation equations shows a strong dependence of the critical …

Gigahertz counting rates of NbN single-photon detectors for quantum communications

A Pearlman, A Cross, W Slysz, J Zhang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the GHz counting rate and jitter of our nanostructured superconducting single-
photon detectors (SSPDs). The devices were patterned in 4-nm-thick and about 100-nm …

High critical current density and scaling of phase-slip processes in YBaCuO nanowires

G Papari, F Carillo, D Stornaiuolo… - Superconductor …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
YBaCuO nanowires were reproducibly fabricated down to widths of 50 nm. A Au/Ti cap layer
on YBCO yielded high electrical performance up to temperatures above 80 K in single …

Spectral dependency of superconducting single photon detectors

L Maingault, M Tarkhov, I Florya, A Semenov… - Journal of Applied …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the effect of varying both incoming optical wavelength and width of NbN
nanowires on the superconducting single photon detectors (SSPD) detection efficiency. The …

Ultrasensitive optical detector having a large temporal resolution and using a waveguide, and methods for producing said detector

L Frey, JC Villegier - US Patent 7,791,065, 2010 - Google Patents
An ultrasensitive optical detector with high resolution in time, using a waveguide, and a
processes for manufacturing this detector. The detector is configured to detect at least one …

Flux exclusion superconducting quantum metamaterial: towards quantum-level switching

V Savinov, A Tsiatmas, AR Buckingham, VA Fedotov… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Nonlinear and switchable metamaterials achieved by artificial structuring on the
subwavelength scale have become a central topic in photonics research. Switching with …